Tear Up Carpet Conrete

This video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors.

Tear up carpet conrete. Tack strips hold the carpet in place an. Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet. Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers. When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers.

Consider what you are going to do with the carpet. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. It s not as easy as just pulling up the carpet. Are you throwing it away or are you going to salvage it.

Tips on how to stain concrete floors. This includes removing carpe. To remove them use a floor scraper. How to remove carpet from a concrete floor step 1.

Remove the 3 foot wide carpet sections from the tack strips by shaking the carpet in a back and forth motion while pulling it up from the surface of the floor. On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor. The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked. Cut the carpet into sections so it is easier to carry out of the room if you are throwing it out.

Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers. Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet. This is my first time removing carpet from a concrete basement floor. Use a utility.

Work on one.