Taking Out Carpet Tack Strip

Make sure you have gloves and eye protection because it can pop up and puncture skin.

Taking out carpet tack strip.

With a few common tools you can have the job finished in an afternoon and enjoy your new hardwood floor. A very easy way to remove carpet tack strip from the basement concrete floor. The average hourly rate is 60 per hour so expect to pay 180 in total for a contractor to remove and dispose of 12 by. Remove worn carpet pad and tack strips.

Wide x 4 ft. Set your store to see local availability view similar in stock. Includes planning equipment and material acquisition area preparation and protection setup and cleanup. Long carpet tack strip for wood or concrete subfloors 3 pack model hd 161 p 8 2 78 package 2 78 package schedule delivery.

Wedge a flat bar pry bar underneath of the tack strip the strip with nails coming through to the top. Remove all debris from home and dispose of legally. You ll be relieved to learn it s a straightforward task to remove carpet tack strips from hardwood floors. This equals 48 to 72 per hour because it usually takes 3 hours to remove carpet from a 12 by 12 foot room including extracting the tack strips and staples.

Its not that hard with these tips from clay king from aaa flood drying with 28. The crowbar is great for the tack strips. I just flung that thing under them and pushed down. Halex poplar 7 8 in.

Remove the tack strips if desired. Wide x 4 ft. Step 1 position the pry bar as close to the bottom edge of the tack strip as possible. Cut carpet into haul able pieces.

Out of stock online. Detach carpet from tack strip and adjacent surfaces. Long carpet tack strip for wood subfloors 100 pack. It took me 3 days to get the old carpet tack strips and padding out.

Removing these strips that once held your carpet is the most tedious part of carpet removal. Best seller halex poplar 1 in. Carpet removal costs 1 to 1 50 per square foot including labor cleanup and waste disposal. After pulling up your carpet you will most likely have tack strips left around the perimeter of the room.