Tear Up Carpet Conrete

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.

Tear up carpet conrete.

Tips on how to stain concrete floors. On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor. This is my first time removing carpet from a concrete basement floor. When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall.

Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet. This includes removing carpe. Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers. This video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors.

Are you throwing it away or are you going to salvage it. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out. Consider what you are going to do with the carpet.

Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet. When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers. It s not as easy as just pulling up the carpet. How to remove carpet from a concrete floor step 1.

Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall. To remove them use a floor scraper. Cut the carpet into sections so it is easier to carry out of the room if you are throwing it out. Use a utility.

Work on one.