Easy Way To Remove Carpet Strips

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Easy way to remove carpet strips.

Removing a carpet strip in the doorway to prep for the installation of floor tile. With this method you ll never break a strip unless the wood is rotten. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. I find this one of the easiest way to remove carpet from stairs and at the same time remove 90 of the staples.

Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Instead of trying to pry out each nail from the top. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.

Removing these strips that once held your carpet is the most tedious part of carpet removal. Joe is working on a carpet removal project now he is ready to. The trick is to use a cat s paw prybar and to remove all the nails holding each tackless strip. You will see floor nails at regular intervals along the strips.

Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling. If you are trying to salvage the floor underneath make sure you do not cut grooves in the floor with the knife. Use a utility knife or carpet knife to slice the carpet into manageable strips and roll the strips up as you go. It also shows how to remove carpet pad staples easy https.

Oh and do be careful when removing carpet tack strips. Use a hammer to tap the cat s paw into the thin side of the tackless next to each nail. One way to do this is to lift the carpet away from the floor as you cut. A very easy way to remove carpet tack strip from the basement concrete floor.

Which is difficult because of the tacks.