I currently have hardwood that transitioning to tile. I am going to remove the tile and continue the hardwood. The question what is the best way to remove the planks that are cut in order to get s new piece in between other planks. Here is a pic of what it looks like. I was thinking of taking a saw and cutting on each side of the plank. Oh yeah they are glued down also.





Mike

Lacing in gluedown and having it look flawless is labor intensive and IMO takes a pro with experience. Especially from what I see in the pictures, ( square edge, long lengths ). Unless your pretty darn talented...Dont take me wrong, there's just some procedures I suggest a pro.

Trying to get a color match would be a toughie too. Considering it's an exotic, bringing in new and you're likely to say..."this isn't the same wood."

Why do you want wood in the kitchen.....why why why?

Hey, hold on there partner...I love the wood in my kitchen

No i am changing the tile in the kitchen to the left of the picture. I am putting hardwood in my foyer when you walk into the door.

You said "I am going to remove the tile and continue the hardwood". Isn't that a picture of the entrance into your kitchen ? Oh!.... to the left is your Kitchen. So you have the same issues going into the foyer. Why dont you just replace ALL the existing tile with tile?

Yeah between the opening is the kitchen. I do not like having tile in the foyer. It was there when I bought the house. I think hardwood would look better. I am going to place a flat piece of wood in the opening to the kitchen and have all the cut pieces butt up against it so I do not have to have a raised threshold.

Anyways, to answer your original question. That is how I do it, cut down both sides then try to wiggle the end out without ruining or lifting the next board. Then you have to try to work the 2 cut edges out which will most likely be glued to the adjoining rows. Make sure you get all the glue from the subfloor as well as the boards that are staying. Before you start anything be sure the boards match in both appearance and width, or you will be replacing alot more then you were planning.

It is a rare occurance that I would advocate AGAINST hardwood flooring in any circumstance, but this is one of those times.
If you are just going to add hardwood to the front entry area, there is just too much work involved (including finding a match to what appears to be fully mature Santos Mahogany.)

Now, if you were considering replacing all tiled areas, try this on for size as a means to avoid creating vast headaches for yourself: Why not find a close match to the existing floor, remove the tile and threshold piece, and lay the new floor diagonally, following the trajectory of the now removed threshold. This would NOT look good if its just a small vestibule you are doing.
Not a perfect solution but could look mighty fine in a lot of floor plans. However, not having an overview of your layout, its hard to determine if it would work.

Certainly, weaving into the existing glued down floor would be a massive undertaking for anyone with less than superior woodworking skills.

Well to each his own bro. I try and talk ppl out of wood in the kitchen and foyer because of the extra wear, wet shoes, dropped utensils, pots, pans, glasses and dirt. Let alone leaks from appliances. But most don't listen.

Anyway, his repair is not that difficult because he isin't fitting the entire plank end to end.

You can find tutorials on the web that shows the exact cuts to make. I like to make two up the sides and then to the corners with the multifunction tool. Breal out the chisel , knock out the pieces along the edges, scrape the glue with the scraper attachment on the multifunction too.

Ken has a few articles on the other site.

http://www.hardwoodinstaller.com/hardwo ... -floor.htm

Whatever you think . Ya, for you and me no big deal. I guess it all depends on how talented he is.
Dennis's idea is a viable solution.

As for not putting Hardwood in kitchens.... Stephen, I'm speechless

I'm sorry Howard, besides being a plain old hassle installing it you saw the one picture of the floor I did on my website of the applicance guys who tore the heck outa it with the Subzero, then they came back and did the same thing to it with a large range.

Now who's gotta go fix that?

True, We all have had to repair things that bozos screw up, in every trade for that matter, it doesnt mean it shouldnt be installed. That's construction and remodeling at it's finest.

Ya, we have often had to return to repair damage caused by appliance movers. Generally, the client has sufficient hold-back from the movers or appliance dealers to cover this cost, and it keeps our service department gainfully employed, so what the heck.
Occasionally, it is the home-owners themselves that damage the floor by shuffling the appliances around, and at that point they come to the realization that perhaps our additional fee for this service might have been a good investment.