Tear Up Carpet Glued To Concrete

Boiling water will soften up hard to remove glue.

Tear up carpet glued to concrete.

Let it soak for 15 20 minutes. You will not want to be removing carpet when there is still a lot of extra debris on the concrete. As the heat softens the glue scrape it off using the razor blade scraper. Scrape up the foam backing using a hand scraper.

Do not allow the boiling water to sit for too long or it will cool off. There are two methods for attaching carpet to the floor. I have put a link for the scraper blades. This video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors.

Boil a pot of water. Fill a pot with water and bring it to a boil by placing it on a. Before ripping the carpet off your concrete slab vacuum or sweep the area. This is the time consuming section of carpet removal.

If there s not much glue on the concrete a putty knife might even do the trick. The area doesn t have to be perfectly clean but as clean as you can get it with the carpet still attached to the concrete. Use a utility knife to cut the carpet into strips and peel each strip of carpet up. I sure hope this video helps sometimes there s just no easy way to do a hard job.

This includes removing carpe. Pour the boiling water over the carpet glue and allow it to sit there for about three to five minutes. How to remove carpet glue from concrete method 1 of 3. Tack strips or glue.

I believe this is the case here. Fill a bucket with 1 gallon 3 8 l of hot water. Fill a large bucket with about 1. Removing carpet from a concrete floor can require some elbow work and some time.

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