Tearing Up Carpet On Concrete

Consider what you are going to do with the carpet.

Tearing up carpet on concrete.

Tips on how to stain concrete floors. Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet. On a concrete floor the carpet pad is often glued into place. 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.

Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out. To remove them use a floor scraper. When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers. Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers.

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. This video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors. It s not as easy as just pulling up the carpet.

Cut the carpet into sections so it is easier to carry out of the room if you are throwing it out. You ll love your new cat room. Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers. 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.

Are you throwing it away or are you going to salvage it. Tack strips hold the carpet in place and those tack strips are nailed into the. On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor. How to remove carpet from a concrete floor step 1.

July 17 2012 at 12 20 am. Tough spots might require a power oscillating tool. All my best patti p. This is my first time removing carpet from a concrete basement floor.