DIY laminate flooring - floorboard stuck!

Bendy_House

One final solution, GS - let me have your address...

Eldi_Dos

If leverage method has not worked try placing a offcut of timber under board near end of board away from wall and screw another offcut through board then try hammering out at 90 degree's keeping a eye on architrave.

greensalad

Thanks, will give these a go. It's definitely not glued down, we can lift the board up a little (as much as it will bend) but there's definitely something securing it down deep in the wall.

Who in their right minds builds a wall over existing laminate I will never know.

noitsnotme

Has that wall actually been built over the laminate?  Is it a stud wall?  If so, the bottom batten of the wall frame may have been screwed in to floor through that sheet of laminate.

GDB2222

noitsnotme said:

Has that wall actually been built over the laminate?  Is it a stud wall?  If so, the bottom batten of the wall frame may have been screwed in to floor through that sheet of laminate.

That's pretty obviously what has been done, and it has already been suggested that the op removes the architrave, so he can cut the old flooring where it won’t be seen. He has already rejected that. 

bris

Use a mltti tool. Slide it under with a bit upward pressure so as not to damage the underlay.

Or use the tool to cut it from above tight to the wall and it will slide out then slide it under the bit under the wall.

You could to the same with a hand saw though.

greensalad

GDB2222 said:

noitsnotme said:

Has that wall actually been built over the laminate?  Is it a stud wall?  If so, the bottom batten of the wall frame may have been screwed in to floor through that sheet of laminate.

That's pretty obviously what has been done, and it has already been suggested that the op removes the architrave, so he can cut the old flooring where it won’t be seen. He has already rejected that. 

“She” rejected it because we wanted to try alternatives first that wouldn’t involve removing something we hoped could stay. Plus I could not really see how removal of the architrave would fix the issue because it wasn’t stuck under the architrave at all.

 Needless to say, we were able to break the board off enough that we could then hammer the leftover enough that it pivoted well under the wall. I assume it had a single nail that was holding it down as it pivoted on only one axis. It’s now under the wall enough that we still have the movement gap needed for laying of the new laminate. And the part under the architrave is gone so we can slot our new flooring in its place. Thank you to those who offered advice!

hangryconsumer

greensalad said:

“She” rejected it ...

At this stage we're beyond everyone assuming that women can't do DIY, and if you're not a same gender couple, then even more so. Still in this day and age women can walk into a Screwfix and have the young lad behind counter ask "how did you learn to do all that then" when ordering some plumbing parts, when he would never have asked the same question of a bloke. Just shows what kind of society we're raising children in, when we still think that women cannot move their hands in a manner that allows them to replace the taps in their sink. Which they may have paid for by themselves without a man or inheritance. So please "forgive" GDB222 who is obvs a bloke who assumes you're a bloke. Standard practice in 2222 or 2022.

Bendy_House

greensalad said:

GDB2222 said:

noitsnotme said:

Has that wall actually been built over the laminate?  Is it a stud wall?  If so, the bottom batten of the wall frame may have been screwed in to floor through that sheet of laminate.

That's pretty obviously what has been done, and it has already been suggested that the op removes the architrave, so he can cut the old flooring where it won’t be seen. He has already rejected that. 

“She” rejected it because we wanted to try alternatives first that wouldn’t involve removing something we hoped could stay. Plus I could not really see how removal of the architrave would fix the issue because it wasn’t stuck under the architrave at all.

 Needless to say, we were able to break the board off enough that we could then hammer the leftover enough that it pivoted well under the wall. I assume it had a single nail that was holding it down as it pivoted on only one axis. It’s now under the wall enough that we still have the movement gap needed for laying of the new laminate. And the part under the architrave is gone so we can slot our new flooring in its place. Thank you to those who offered advice!

Phew. Well done. That was well stuck indeed.

Pleased the new flooring will actually have the required exp gap

GDB2222

Oh dear, I'm once again in trouble for saying he! I admit that I was simply too lazy to type he/she, when that is what I meant. I didn't actually assume that all DIYers are male. 

The Interpretation Act 1978 is in my favour:
Gender and number.
In any Act, unless the contrary intention appears,—
(a)words importing the masculine gender include the feminine;
(b)words importing the feminine gender include the masculine;
(c)words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular.


Of course, that act is almost as much of a dinosaur as I am.