Is there any way to remove a headless screw that it screwed to the floor? I recently moved into a new place and found this mf. I tried unscrewing it with plyers, but it doesn't budge; also I believe the glue of the carpet may not be helping either.
I really want it out, since it's in the middle of a hallway and I don't want to hurt myself in the middle of the night.
Thanks in advance!
angle grinder sir
dremel sir
hammer, sir
Oscillating tool
Try with some locking pliers and then hammering it to get it to move. If it doesn't bulge first get some isopropyl alcohol rub it on top , let it sit for a day and try again.
Thanks, I'll give this a try. Hope I can get it out!
Unfortunately I don't have those tools, other than the hammer. But thanks anyway!
>please help kind sirs!
>o-oh but the only tool I have is a hammer
Reddit moment
Well now you can buy one and then you have it for life. This is how people amass tool collections that come in handy later.
Just hammer it down, if it doesn’t move you aren’t hitting it hard enough
Vise grips would give you enough of a bite on it to screw it out.
That one should be easy, you still have room to grip and it’s not broken flush with the floor. Try some big pliers that aren’t dogshit and super soft. Or some decent vise grips.
I have a script that shows all the posts but hides tripshits and names, but I can always spot a non-Newport village idiot post because of the shiny never-been-used tools that he collects.
You have to laugh.
I feel ya. I wish these jappo pliers were chromed as nice as the Malcos
I'll try, but so far it hasn't budged despite pulling as hard as I can. Maybe my plyers aren't good enough though. Still, thank you!
Get some vise grips. Or some like 9” linesman pliers. You will use them
>pulling on a screw to remove it
bruh....
I tried twisting it first, but it did not move in the slightest no matter how much I tried. Pulling was a last resort out of sheer desperation; the screw seems to be inside a red plastic plug which I was hoping would maybe, if the planets aligned, slide out. Of course, it did not.
You need a good grip from pliers or vise grips that actually bite, then you can twist. If you pull, you might rip a big chunk out of there.
If the pliers are staying put (not sliding), then you should be able to twist it. Tap the handle of the pliers with a hammer as you pull simultaneously to add force. There is no screw that tight.
Industrial epoxy resin the entire room floor up 4mm then place a new carpet down or polish.
Vice grip 100%
I've removed tons of headless screws and nails that were a hell of a lot shorter than that one
Just don't use a shitty small cheap one
you could try loosening it by hitting from the side
Hacksaw + metal file
If you can't get it out with vice grips there are hollow screw extractors made for exactly this problem.
>vice grips
are what you use when giving me a handjob, anon. Perhaps you mean vise
Before you listened to these 5 finger shufflers about vice grips and turned that screw into a post that's ribbed for her pleasure... You could have easily put a nut on there to get leverage or unscrew it. Whole thread has been deeply regarded
I'm the "drill around" anon. If you have enough threads on the stud, and they aren't too chewed up by now to get a nut on, you can double-nut it and use that to turn it out. If you're not familiar with double-nut (also known as jam nut) it means put two nuts on the stud and tighten them against each other. Then you can use the jammed nut to turn the stud in the direction you want it to go. Be advised, it also risks shearing off the stud at any location along the length of the thread.
Thank you guys, finally got rid of it! A vice grip helped me unscrew it a bit more, but not all the way out. So in the end I tried hammering that MF down, and it worked! Guess I shouldve tried Thor's way from the start.
Still, thank you so much for your help. I learned a lot!
Unfortunately the second nut couldnt get a firm enough grip, I guess I had chewed the threads too much with my plyers. Will definitely keep this trick in mind in the future for any shenanigans regarding screws.
hammer that b***h all the way down.
Add a punch if your feeling fancy.
Sorry you're having a tough time with this, that looks annoying and hazardois. If you're not able to get it to turn out with a appropriately applied vise grip, then there may be another option. It's either anchored in, potted in (maybe with epoxy), or very remote possibility that this is a bolt and not a stud, and there is a head of a bolt on the other side.
Get a drill and a small diameter drill bit that's made for your type of flooring material (wood, concrete, metal, etc.). Drill one or two holes immediately adjacent to the stud, i.e. in the 'red plastic' material you described that's around the stud. If two holes doesn't work, you can drill more immediately adjacent to the stud until its has no choice but to come loose (think a ring of drilled out holes surrounding the stud). This is how I get concrete anchors out and preserve the underlaying substrate. The idea is to break the hold this material has and try again and turn the stud out. This will not make the hole in your carpet bigger than it already is.
Good luck, post results.
Anon do you live in an apartment? Does someone live below you?
is it a drywall screw? they are absurdly hard - just hit it with a cold chisel it will shear off.
With a hacksaw or the right file you could cut a kerf on top of it and take it out with a flathead screwdriver, which at the very least you should have
Or vise grip as other people were mentioning, just clamp that mofo real tight and go to town lefty loosey
Should be a satisfying extraction, I love removing these for some reason
hammer it left and right until it snaps off
get a torch and try to melt it
cut a circle around it with a sawzall
chain Dysons together and try to suck it out
try to repel it with powerful magnets