Easy Way To Remove Carpet Strips

With this method you ll never break a strip unless the wood is rotten.

Easy way to remove carpet strips.

I find this one of the easiest way to remove carpet from stairs and at the same time remove 90 of the staples. It also shows how to remove carpet pad staples easy https. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling. You will see floor nails at regular intervals along the strips.

If you are trying to salvage the floor underneath make sure you do not cut grooves in the floor with the knife. A very easy way to remove carpet tack strip from the basement concrete floor. Which is difficult because of the tacks. Joe is working on a carpet removal project now he is ready to.

Instead of trying to pry out each nail from the top. This video will show you the fastest way to remove staples from your floor when taking out carpet. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Removing these strips that once held your carpet is the most tedious part of carpet removal.

One way to do this is to lift the carpet away from the floor as you cut. The trick is to use a cat s paw prybar and to remove all the nails holding each tackless strip. Removing a carpet strip in the doorway to prep for the installation of floor tile. Use a utility knife or carpet knife to slice the carpet into manageable strips and roll the strips up as you go.

Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Its not that hard with these tips from clay king from aaa flood drying with 28. Use a hammer to tap the cat s paw into the thin side of the tackless next to each nail.

Oh and do be careful when removing carpet tack strips.