I have been to quote for a laminate floor job but the customer wants her existing wood block floor uplifting first. The wood blocks are adhered to an asphalt sub floor and seem fairly sound. I have done plank replacements where I have taken up just one board (and that wasn't the easiest of jobs) but have no experience of taking up large areas of wood block. I have said I would do it on a day rate but, understandably, the customer is concerned with an open ended arrangement like this. Can anyone advise me of any problems I am likely to come across - eg. blocks hard to remove, asphalt breaking up etc.? Thanks.
Ive not done many of these uplifts but the last one I did was pretty straight forward. I ended up using my Kango attachment on my sds to break the stubborn ones. We did have a small stripper on the van but ended up using a solid long handled scraper like this > http://buildingsuppliesdirect.co.uk/product/Roughneck-Big-Mutt-Multi-Scraper-Long-Handle/2078 These are really handy seeing as they have decent weight to them but it can be a workout. To be fair most of the blocks were easy enough to break off but the main traffic area was tougher than most. if you have a machine then use it as it'll save a lot of cursing lol...I was just being lazy, couldnt be bothered to put ours together and the blades were not the best on the machine. You wouldnt want it to sharp anyways! iirc the area we did was approx 24m2, start to finish inc clearing up and ready for screed was near enough a full day with 2 of us. Prob take 2hrs of breaks out of that though and we didnt go crazy at it. The first ever uplift of these we did few yr back took half that for around same size but they were fooked, most were loose as well. Be prepared for a lot of dust and mess if it is anything like my last one. Good luck pal
A lot depends on the adhesive if it was "hot bitch"(for real)they should come up easy with a shovel.If it was "cold bitch" (aye) it will be abit harder but still not back breaking.Wear a mask for both of these as the fine black dust goes everywhere.Please show all photos of your Hitler moustaches so we can share in the fun.
Started one today. On site 8.15. Empty out furniture, remove laminate, start uplifting herringbone blocks. Taken up about 15m2. Left site @3, back to store I'm doing the job for to dump rubbish. I've removed most of the adhesive residue from about 9m2 but it's thick gloopy stuff. Get any heat in it and it sticks to your tools. Had to keep stopping to remove buildup.
