Taking Up Old Carpet

Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.

Taking up old carpet.

5 things to know before ripping up carpet yourself 1. Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall. Move the furniture out of the area where you. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.

Decide the final goal of your remodeling. Browsing carpet samples at your local home improvement center is a great. Use a utility. When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall.

The right carpet is about more than color. Carpet may cost money to dispose of so shop. Tack strips are metal nails that line the perimeter of your walls to hold the carpet. Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet.

When pulling carpet off of tack strip on stairs make sure your weight is forward to prevent falling backwards if the carpet comes up easier than expect. Cut carpet into easy to handle. Some older houses have. Prep before pulling up carpet.

Removing the tack strip wedge the pry bar beneath the tack strip near each nail that holds it to the subfloor. Lift up and remove the strip. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out. Figure out how you will dispose of the old carpet before you pull it up.

Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Detach carpet from tack strips. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling. Do you want to save what s underneath the carpet.

Before you start ripping up the carpet clear all furniture from the room.