Taking Up Carpet In Bedroom

Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing.

Taking up carpet in bedroom.

Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips. If the goal is simply to get the old carpet out of the way protect your hands with heavy gloves and use a sharp utility knife to cut a border around the entire area about four or five inches away from the walls. Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall.

Carpet has a soft cushioned feel that. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand. Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1.

This video will take you through our step by step process on how to remove old carpet and padding. The thicker the carpet the less sound will be transmitted from downstairs up into the serenity of your bedroom setting. If it won t come up then cut a small 6 inch by 6 inch square in the corner with your utility knife. Use a utility knife or carpet knife to slice the carpet into manageable strips and roll the strips up as you go.

Thus you shouldn t have to remove the baseboards when taking out smelly carpet. Fold back about 3 ft. If you are trying to salvage the floor underneath make sure you do not cut grooves in the floor with the knife. This project is for all of us diyers who like to take matt.

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. Carpet can stain and wear out over time so plan to replace it every five to ten years especially if it is installed in high traffic areas like living rooms. Start at one corner of your room and try to pull up the carpet. Remove this small piece of carpet and then pull up on the larger section.

Your bedroom floor is going to be the first thing your bare feet touch each morning and the last thing they touch before slipping from shoes and stepping into bed each night. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out.

Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Carpeting is big heavy and bulky lincon says and just the act of pulling it up is more.