Tear Up Carpet Concrete

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Tear up carpet concrete.

This video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors. July 17 2012 at 12 20 am. The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked. Consider what you are going to do with the carpet.

Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers. Work on one. Cut the carpet into sections so it is easier to carry out of the room if you are throwing it out. It s not as easy as just pulling up the carpet.

Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand. Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing. This includes removing carpe.

So go easy on filling the holes where the concrete will pull up from carpet tacking sand with an electric sander when dry and then stain. How to remove carpet from a concrete floor step 1. To remove them use a floor scraper. Are you throwing it away or are you going to salvage it.

You ll love your new cat room. Tips on how to stain concrete floors. When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers. On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor.

Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet. Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room. 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. This is my first time removing carpet from a concrete basement floor.

Tack strips hold the carpet in place an.