Prizing Off Hardboard Sheets On the Floor

rideforever · 31 Dec 2021

Hi, and Happy New Year.
I have to get under the Victorian floorboards to lay insulation, but there are hardboard sheets on top with about 30 nails each. Is there a way to get these sheets off without destroying them that anyone can recommend?
Thanks

JohnD · 31 Dec 2021

Tack lifter and pincers

rideforever · 31 Dec 2021

JohnD said:
Tack lifter and pincers

Thanks but the heads are very flat ... do you think if I put a crowbar under I could lever it up gradually?

JohnD · 31 Dec 2021

Hardboard is usually held down with tacks or staples.

A tack lifter is shaped to slide under the heads so you can lever them out.

Tigercubrider · 31 Dec 2021

You might find that a gently used garden spade might help raise the sheets? You’d need to be careful and spread the lifting force evenly

Deleted member 174758 · 31 Dec 2021

Yep. That's what I normally get the labourers to do.

Mottie · 1 Jan 2022

Tigercubrider said:
You might find that a gently used garden spade might help raise the sheets? You’d need to be careful and spread the lifting force evenly

I used ply on my bathroom floor before tiling. When it had to come up, my mate shovelled it up.

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Prizing Off Hardboard Sheets On the Floor

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