Tearing Up Carpet

Do you want to save what s underneath the carpet.

Tearing up carpet.

Your carpet is held down with tack strips. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out.

Remove the carpet tacking strips which may be nailed or stapled to the hardwood floor. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Browsing carpet samples at your local home improvement center is a great. Decide the final goal of your remodeling.

Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. Move the furniture out of the area where you. If it won t come up then cut a small 6 inch by 6 inch square in the corner with your utility knife. Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet.

Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall. Start at one corner of your room and try to pull up the carpet. How to tear up carpet restore hardwood flooring step 1. Carpet may cost money to dispose of so shop.

When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Go to a corner of your carpeting and run a standard screwdriver between the edge of the wall and carpet. The right carpet is about more than color.

Figure out how you will dispose of the old carpet before you pull it up. 5 things to know before ripping up carpet yourself 1. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling.