How To Cut Hardwood Floor From Under Cabinets

Grip both handles of the saw and push the start button.

How to cut hardwood floor from under cabinets.

I want to avoid lifting the kitchen cabinets if possible. Neither of those scenarios sounds like they match your situation so we give you our full endorsement to install the flooring before the cabinetry. Several rows are cut about two feet apart. Attaching a strip of sheet metal or plastic laminate with double stick tape to the cabinet kickboard can help keep the blade from marring it.

Refinishing floor with floor sander up to toe kick of cabinet. As soon as the blade reaches maximum speed push the guard against the cabinet and lower the blade into the flooring. The saw will cut flush up the walls or baseboard on a 90 degree angle. Next the tear out begins with the circular saw set to cut bout 13 16 inch into the floors or slightly deeper than the thickness of the flooring.

3 1 4 x 3 4 red oak flooring in kitchen. Had to get to the toe kick of my cabinets. The toe kick is recessed 3 4 back from front of cabinets. Toe kick saws are not a required tool.

However they work ideally if existing flooring or plywood being removed runs under cabinets or drywall. Draw it slowly along. Additionally toe kick saws are used for underlayment removal often found in kitchens that may have vinyl floors installed above. I wound up using the quarter inch carbide burr bit as three 1 8 bits kept breaking off under my heavy hand.

It did undercut a bit but not enough to worry about. You could also consider outfitting a small grinder with a blade to cut through it but be careful it doesn t kickback and cause injury or damage your cabinets. Edger will only go in about an. Is there a saw or a technique which would allow me to cut tight to the cabinets i would then lay 1 4 round trim afterwards once the new wood is down.

I am removing hardwood and putting new hardwood down. When pulling out tongue and groove nailed floors it s easiest to remove from the tongue side of the board. So i invented a base that held my roto zip at a 45 degree angle under the cabinet face to cut the flooring to the toe kick.