Tear Up Carpet Concrete

This is my first time removing carpet from a concrete basement floor.

Tear up carpet concrete.

Tack strips hold the carpet in place an. When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers. Cut the carpet into sections so it is easier to carry out of the room if you are throwing it out. Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers.

Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. How to remove carpet from a concrete floor step 1. All my best patti p. Tips on how to stain concrete floors.

Work on one. Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing. This video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors. The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked.

To remove them use a floor scraper. On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor. Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers. Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand.

Are you throwing it away or are you going to salvage it. Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet. 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. 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.

Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room. Consider what you are going to do with the carpet. Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips. This includes removing carpe.

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