Browsing carpet samples at your local home improvement center is a great.
Tearing up carpet.
Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet.
Do you want to save what s underneath the carpet.
Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall.
5 things to know before ripping up carpet yourself 1.
How to tear up carpet restore hardwood flooring step 1.
Decide the final goal of your remodeling.
If it won t come up then cut a small 6 inch by 6 inch square in the corner with your utility knife.
Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.
Move the furniture out of the area where you.
Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips.
Remove this small piece of carpet and then pull upon the larger section.
The right carpet is about more than color.
Go to a corner of your carpeting and run a standard screwdriver between the edge of the wall and carpet.
Carpet may cost money to dispose of so shop.
When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall.
Start at one corner of your room and try to pull up the carpet.
Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall.
Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling.
Remove the carpet tacking strips which may be nailed or stapled to the hardwood floor.
Use a utility.
Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.
Some older houses have.
Figure out how you will dispose of the old carpet before you pull it up.