Tear Up Carpet Concrete

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.

Tear up carpet concrete.

Consider what you are going to do with the carpet. This includes removing carpe. 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. Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips.

To remove them use a floor scraper. This is my first time removing carpet from a concrete basement floor. Work on one. Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room.

Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. Are you throwing it away or are you going to salvage it. It s not as easy as just pulling up the carpet.

Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing. Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet. This video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors. On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor.

All my best patti p. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out. Tips on how to stain concrete floors. Tack strips hold the carpet in place an.

When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers. You ll love your new cat room. The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked. Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers.

Cut the carpet into sections so it is easier to carry out of the room if you are throwing it out.