Tearing Up Carpet Hardwood Floors

Use the pliers to pull up any staples that remain stuck in the floor.

Tearing up carpet hardwood floors.

Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Our hardwood was 5 8 inch thick so that s how far the blade fell beneath the base of the saw. Tools for restoring hardwood floors under carpet utility knife for cutting up carpet and or padding into more manageable size strips for rolling up and removing from the room. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips.

Try to pull the carpeting back starting in one corner of the room. Remove the carpet tacking strips which may be nailed or stapled to the hardwood floor. If you are trying to salvage the floor underneath make sure you do not cut grooves in the floor with the knife. Then start sawing away and get ready for a ton of dust.

One way to do this is to lift the carpet away from the floor as you cut. The right carpet is about more than color. The suite was beautiful. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling.

Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Dispose of tacking strips and any staples or nails that held the strips in place. I ve redone several hardwood floors including one time removing carpet and redoing the beautiful wood floors underneath.

Move all the furniture and personal items out of the room you will be renovating. Use a utility knife or carpet knife to slice the carpet into manageable strips and roll the strips up as you go. Remove any carpet transition strips which are the metal strips nailed or screwed down in a doorway. The work can be dusty so wear a dust mask and safety glasses.

This means removing the carpet first the. But let me back up and tell you about a basement suite i rented after university. Browsing carpet samples at your local home improvement center is a great way to get pointed in the right direction for a new look for your floor but. I m a big fan of hardwood flooring.

Put on a pair of sturdy work gloves and start tearing up carpet in a corner of the room. It actually had a decent amount of natural light. The first step in replacing your carpet with hardwood is removing the old carpet. The basic rule of thumb with removing the carpet for a hardwood installation is that you just go in reverse to take things back to the original subfloor.

Now it s time to start prying the wood up. Use your standard screwdriver to pry them from the floor. Prybar for pulling up the carpet tack strips.