So I've decided to replace my carpet with hardwood floors. Taking care of the tack strips have been easy with a spade shovel, however there is some nails that secured in that get left behind. They are easy to get out, however some of them chip the concrete when I remove them. Should I just saw them down so that it's flush? Or is it no big deal to just patch the holes that get created?Sorry if this is a no brainer I'm a noob.
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>>2999852start by buying proper tools to remove nail heads.if you are covering it up with a substrate, what does it matter if a few concrete bits chip out? fill it with some crack bond if you really want.
>>2999863>>2999852It is a slow board, son. Calm down. Someone will be along to insult your intelligence shortly.
it would be better to have pits in the concrete than to 'cut flush' and have metal raises because you won't cut them all flushi mean especially if you're gonna fill em. i wouldn't even bother doing that, but you do youdefinitely get the right tools for the hardwood job though, it'll save lots of time
>>2999909also to be a faggot, modern laminate is very very very good and cheaper than hardwood. all plastic, no warp/rot, just make sure you get the thick stuff you can literally sand down 1/4" and it still have patterni respect the hardwood though if you're committed
>>2999852this is a woodworking general question because hardwood
>>2999852Had this problem when I replaced my carpet with laminate. My first idea was to hammer the nails in flush which obviously didn't work, for concrete you need powder actuated tool.... so I just ripped them out with a catspaw, sure the concrete blew out but it was covered with the new flooring. for hardwood you won't need to worry about a few tiny divots on the very edges of the room. you could mortar them if you really want to or maybe the leveler will fill them in. you ARE using leveler right anon...?
Those little chips aren't going to have any effect on a wood/vinyl plank floor. But if it's really bothering you, just go buy a bag of tile grout, mix it up, and fill them in using a putty knife.
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>>2999852Remove them, remove the dust/sand from the chip/hole and patch it with some fine mortar
>>2999852Just pull the nails out . If it breakesm whack it with a hammer a couple of times to make it flush with th concrete. There is not problem having divets int othe concrete , it's not going to be an issue - you are going to be laying a membrane on it anyway.
>>2999852pull them all out, also pull out the baseboards. then self level the floor with self leveling concrete/mortar mix before laying out new hardwood, and use urethane hardwood flooring adhesive when putting hardwood flooring down.
