Tearing Up Carpet On Concrete

Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out.

Tearing up carpet on concrete.

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. On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor. Cut the carpet into sections so it is easier to carry out of the room if you are throwing it out. When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers.

Consider what you are going to do with the carpet. To remove them use a floor scraper. On a concrete floor the carpet pad is often glued into place. Tough spots might require a power oscillating tool.

This is my first time removing carpet from a concrete basement floor. Are you throwing it away or are you going to salvage it. Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet. Tack strips hold the carpet in place and those tack strips are nailed into the.

Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers. This video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors. All my best patti p. Work on one.

How to remove carpet from a concrete floor step 1. Tips on how to stain concrete floors. 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. It s not as easy as just pulling up the carpet.

Use pliers to pull padding staples when removing carpet from stairs. Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers. In this case use a floor scraper to remove the pieces of padding that remain stuck to the floor. The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked.