Tear Up Carpet Concrete

Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips.

Tear up carpet concrete.

Tack strips hold the carpet in place an. Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand. When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers. This video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors.

All my best patti p. Cut the carpet into sections so it is easier to carry out of the room if you are throwing it out. You ll love your new cat room. On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor.

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. Tips on how to stain concrete floors. Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers. Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet.

Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room. To remove them use a floor scraper. The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked. 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.

Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers. Are you throwing it away or are you going to salvage it. It s not as easy as just pulling up the carpet. This includes removing carpe.

Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing. July 17 2012 at 12 20 am. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. This is my first time removing carpet from a concrete basement floor.

Work on one.