Tear Up Old Carpet

Go to a corner of your carpeting and run a standard screwdriver between the edge of the wall and carpet.

Tear up old carpet. Remove the carpet tacking strips which may be nailed or stapled to the hardwood floor. To tear up your old carpet pull the carpet free from the tack strip connected it to the wall with pliers. How to tear up carpet restore hardwood flooring step 1. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling.

Level the sub floor and replace any water damaged wood as needed. When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall. Includes planning equipment and material acquisition area preparation and protection setup and cleanup. Remember to cut the carpet into smaller pieces as you go to make it easier to move and dispose of.

Drive long wood screws into the sub floor and through to floor joists anywhere the floor squeaks. If it won t come up then cut a small 6 inch by 6 inch square in the corner with your utility knife. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Once the carpet is free pull the carpet up by hand.

Touch up paint on baseboards and around the. Detach carpet from tack strips. How to remove old carpet 1. Prep before pulling up carpet.

Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall. After you ve rolled up the old carpeting and removed it from the room you ll finally get a good look at the subfloor and any surprise damage that the carpet may have been hiding. Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet. Apply a stain blocking primer to prevent old stains from coming up through new carpet.

Use a utility. Remove worn carpet pad and tack strips. Detach carpet from tack strip and adjacent surfaces. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.

Remove this small piece of carpet and then pull upon the larger section. Cut carpet into easy to handle. Start at one corner of your room and try to pull up the carpet. Cut carpet into haul able pieces.

Your carpet is held down with tack strips. Remove all debris from home and dispose of legally. Before you start ripping up the carpet clear all furniture from the room. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner.

Tack strips are metal nails that line the perimeter of your walls to hold the carpet.