Tear Up Carpet Concrete

Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand.

Tear up carpet concrete.

This is my first time removing carpet from a concrete basement floor. The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked. Work on one. This includes removing carpe.

It s not as easy as just pulling up the carpet. 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. To remove them use a floor scraper.

Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room. How to remove carpet from a concrete floor step 1. Tips on how to stain concrete floors.

Consider what you are going to do with the 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. 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.

Tack strips hold the carpet in place an. On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor. Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out.

July 17 2012 at 12 20 am. 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. Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips. Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet.

Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers.