Tearing Out Carpet Tips

The right carpet is about more than color.

Tearing out carpet tips.

Detach carpet from tack strips use pliers to grab the carpet and pull it away from the subfloor. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. Drive long wood screws into the sub floor and through to floor joists anywhere the floor squeaks. Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall.

Roll the carpet a few. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. If there s no need to save the carpet it is easier to cut the carpet into smaller sections with a utility knife and move the sections out one at a time. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall.

5 things to know before ripping up carpet yourself 1. Carpet floors removing pulling up carpet is a relatively easy task although when rolled up a carpet can be very heavy bulky and difficult to move. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Apply a stain blocking primer to prevent old stains from coming up through new carpet.

Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out. When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall. Touch up paint on baseboards and around the. If you reveal a carpet padding beneath keep.

When you ve selected your starting point grip onto the carpet with your pliers and tug upward firmly. Grab one corner of the carpet and pull it up from the floor. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling. If it won t come up then cut a small 6 inch by 6 inch square in the corner with your utility knife.

Continue pulling until you ve separated the carpet entirely from one wall. Remove this small piece of carpet and then pull upon the larger section. Don t jerk too hard or you may rip the carpet and have to start over. Level the sub floor and replace any water damaged wood as needed.

Browsing carpet samples at your local home improvement center is a great. Start at one corner of your room and try to pull up the carpet. Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet. You might think removing carpet is simple and it is but there are a few things you ve got to watch out for.

Once you get a good chunk of it up you can use your hands to start pulling backward. Use a utility.