How to remove hardwood flooring first set the blade depth on your circular saw.
Take out hardwood floors.
Alternatively use a circular saw with a carbide tooth blade to make a plunge cut along the length of the sacrificial board and use a pry.
To successfully salvage hardwood you ll need to first saw one board straight down the middle along its length.
If your hardwood flooring is still in good condition you may decide that it s worth keeping and putting to use elsewhere.
Pry up the first few boards to give yourself room to work.
How to remove hardwood flooring the easy way.
Cut one board in half lengthwise.
Our flooring is about 3 4 inches thick so i set the blade depth about 3 4 inches deep so that the blade cut through the hardwood floors without cutting into the plywood subfloor.