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   andybuildz | Sep 08, 2003 12:58am | #1

   I think its called power saw set to 3/4" and a flat bar...you're the machine part  ; )

   or try the chipping machine they use for linoleum floors.

   Most engineered floors.....and I assume you may mean something like Pergo....ughhhh..isnt glued down..its a floating floor.......but then again I'm not exactly sure what you mean.

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   Piffin | Sep 08, 2003 03:55am | #2

   Glued to what?

   Over masonry I'd be thinking of a demo hammer with a wide spade bit

   .

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   wrick2003 | Sep 08, 2003 05:47am | #3

         It took us about 15" to demo about 120 sf of Pergo.  It's rare to make that kind of money at demo work.      rg

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   Don | Sep 09, 2003 05:48am | #4

   All: Engineered floor - 3 ply laminated and prefinished; T&G - essentially a three ply plywood. Glued to concrete and Advantech w/ Bostic's Best Polyurethane adhesive.

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   Piffin | Sep 09, 2003 07:37pm | #5

   That's a really good glue. I don't envy you.

   I woiuld contact bostic for their recommendations first. They may have a release product.

   Or use dry ice to make it all brittle and rent or buy a demo hammer with chisle/scrapper point.

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   Don | Sep 10, 2003 06:59pm | #8

   Piffin: As I suspected. I was hoping for some sort of machine w/ a series of sawblades set to cut an adjustable depth - sorta like a hungry, sabretoothed tiger version of a drum floor sander. Would make a horrible mess of splinters & sawdust, but would get the wood out reasonably fast. Something you pros would know about but us DIY amateurs wouldn't. Sorta like all the secret handshakes & jargon you guys use. Bostic's Best is one tough adhesive to get out after it cures a week or so. Tenacious as Heck.

   I've used an Armstrong floor remover (what my father would call a hammer & wood chisel). Took forever to remove just about 9 sq ft. Busted a whole bunch of knuckles & bruised a whole bunch of thumb joints. To keep from destroying the surface of the Advantech subfloor, I took up one ply of one strip at a time - fortunately it is only 3 ply.

   Brings me to an interesting point - is there a real need for such a device? If so, I'll design one & patent it. Do you pro's get many calls to remove poorly laid glue-downs?

   I have one that the installer's boss is scratching his head over how to make right. Installers already fired - but that doesn't solve problems. I have to give the man real credit - when he saw it last Sat, he didn't argue or even defend. He just asked us what we wanted done. Rational contractors get rational clients. Before he came, wife expected a tremendous fight and was ready to go for the throat & wanted it torn out and replaced. We are going to start by resurfacing floor after filling hideous joints in best room to see how it all washes. Then we go to ripping out & starting over. That is HIS solution. WOW!!!!!

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   Piffin | Sep 10, 2003 08:26pm | #9

   There may well be such a machine but it would be heavier than anybody would want to carry down into a basement!

   There is one similar for removing BUR roofing on flat roofs that runs on gasoline and bucks like a bull while throwing enough dust and chips to scare yo to death. It is ringed with chain links to keep chips from flying too hard.

   I don't know how you would use it in confined spaces of a room. We only used them on really large roofs.

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   andybuildz | Sep 10, 2003 02:12am | #7

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   MisterT | Sep 10, 2003 12:49am | #6

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