Tear Up Carpet Conrete

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Tear up carpet conrete.

This is my first time removing carpet from a concrete basement floor. Use a utility. It s not as easy as just pulling up the carpet. On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor.

Tack strips hold the carpet in place an. Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers. Consider what you are going to do with the carpet. When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall.

To remove them use a floor scraper. Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers. Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.

The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked. This includes removing carpe. 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 video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors.

Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet. When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers. Tips on how to stain concrete floors. How to remove carpet from a concrete floor step 1.

Cut the carpet into sections so it is easier to carry out of the room if you are throwing it out.