Hi guys,

I've started my install and thanks to your help and this forum it is going very well. I need help though.

Late last night I stapled in a board and only after noticed the defect in the surface. I took it as a sign that it was time to stop for the day, so it was the last board I put down. My question is, what's the easiest way to remove the board without damaging the one behind it and beside it?
I doesn't seem like I can simply pry up on the errant board else the one behind it might come too (or at least its staples might loosen).

Any advice you guys might provide would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Todd

If this is a 3/4" solid, gently get your pry bar under the front T&G potion of the board you wish to remove and pry up gently. Don't wory about loosening up the boards around it. You can renail them later. Once the front is up a bit, using your mallet, hammer on the board toward the tongue, trying to knock it out. Once you've moved it a bit, you can tap on the groove side with a block of wood to knock it out of place. Then clean up the area and locate a new board to replace with. Renail the boards around it if they have been loosened up. Then reinstall the new board. Pretty easy really. Take maybe 5 minutes tops. If engineered, best to cut those staples and cut the board in half across the width to be able to remove it without damaging the surrounding boards. As you're working,always keep an eye on the wood around the board you're removing to make sure you are not damaging them.