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.

It s not as easy as just pulling up the carpet. Tack strips hold the carpet in place an. Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet. On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor.

Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out. When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers. 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. This video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors.

To remove them use a floor scraper. 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. Are you throwing it away or are you going to salvage it. Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers.

Work on one. Consider what you are going to do with the carpet. Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand. Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing.

Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers. This includes removing carpe. All my best patti p. The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked.

You ll love your new cat room. Tips on how to stain concrete floors. How to remove carpet from a concrete floor step 1. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.

July 17 2012 at 12 20 am.