Ripping Up Carpet With Slab Underneath

Fold back about 3 ft.

Ripping up carpet with slab underneath.

When you can reach in under the carpet pull up the whole corner. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Laying down some plastic under the carpet for a day or 2 to determine if any moisture is seeping up from the foundation. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.

Begin at the top of the stairs. Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers. Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips. Our floor was pretty smooth but you don t know what you re going to get under your carpet until you pull it up.

Feb 25 2018 explore jasmine hunt s board ripping up carpet on pinterest. Use a flat head screwdriver and a wrecking bar to gently pry the strip off the tacks underneath. If you are pulling up carpet from stairs. Start by cutting a strip 4cm wide and 1m long in one corner of the carpet.

Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. See more ideas about ripping up carpet concrete stained floors basement remodeling. I d say our slab was much smoother than what you find in garages. However this carpet smell is bad and i want to fix any moisture issue s before installing the new carpet.

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. Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1. If you are thinking about ripping up your carpets before you get in over your head stop to consider everything it entails. Now that it s stained and has several coats of floor finishing on it it feels nice and smooth on bare feet.

A scraper like this to remove excess glue we have concrete subfloors in this room but it worked well on the plywood subfloors upstairs too. Then follow the edge around pulling the carpet up and rolling it into the centre of the room. Rel noopener noreferrer this to cut the carpet up in the first place. Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present.

From what i ve read here my plan is. Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage. Checking the relative humidity might help. A prybar like this to remove the trim ours splintered into a thousand pieces when we removed it but with more substantial trim you can definitely put it back on.