Removing Wainscoting

• 1). Take off the top piece of moulding with the flat edge of a pry bar or crowbar. Begin at one end of a wall and work slowly toward the other end, pulling the moulding off as you go. The moulding will likely be attached with nails, so working section by section is essential for removing the wood.
  
  
• 2). Remove any decorative strips underneath the top moulding and the baseboards along the floor, section by section at the point of the nail, with a pry bar.
  
  
• 3). Find where the wainscoting is attached in the corners of the walls with finishing nails. Remove these nails with the hammer claw.
  
  
• 4). Remove the wooden slats running the length of the wall, sometimes called furring strips, that form the majority of the wainscoting with the pry bar at the location where the nail holds the strip onto the wall.