Tear Up Old Carpet

Includes planning equipment and material acquisition area preparation and protection setup and cleanup.

Tear up old carpet.

Drive long wood screws into the sub floor and through to floor joists anywhere the floor squeaks. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. To tear up your old carpet pull the carpet free from the tack strip connected it to the wall with pliers. After you ve rolled up the old carpeting and removed it from the room you ll finally get a good look at the subfloor and any surprise damage that the carpet may have been hiding.

How do you remove carpet glue. When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall. How to tear up carpet restore hardwood flooring step 1. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.

Remove this small piece of carpet and then pull upon the larger section. Start at one corner of your room and try to pull up the carpet. Prep before pulling up carpet. Tack strips are metal nails that line the perimeter of your walls to hold the carpet.

If it won t come up then cut a small 6 inch by 6 inch square in the corner with your utility knife. Apply a stain blocking primer to prevent old stains from coming up through new carpet. How to remove old carpet 1. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips.

Your carpet is held down with tack strips. Detach carpet from tack strips. Before you start ripping up the carpet clear all furniture from the room. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall.

Touch up paint on baseboards and around the. Go to a corner of your carpeting and run a standard screwdriver between the edge of the wall and carpet. Level the sub floor and replace any water damaged wood as needed. Remove all debris from home and dispose of legally.

Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet. Detach carpet from tack strip and adjacent surfaces. Once the carpet is free pull the carpet up by hand. Cut carpet into haul able pieces.

Remember to cut the carpet into smaller pieces as you go to make it easier to move and dispose of. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Remove worn carpet pad and tack strips. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling.

Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall.