Tearing Up Carpet Tips

Grab one corner of the carpet and pull it up from the floor.

Tearing up carpet tips.

To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. When you ve selected your starting point grip onto the carpet with your pliers and tug upward firmly. Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet. Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall.

Don t jerk too hard or you may rip the carpet and have to start over. Remove entry or closet doors that might interfere with your work. When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall. Use a utility.

Once you get a good chunk of it up you can use your hands to start pulling backward. The right carpet is about more than color. Before you start ripping up the carpet clear all furniture from the room. Apply a stain blocking primer to prevent old stains from coming up through new carpet.

Level the sub floor and replace any water damaged wood as needed. Browsing carpet samples at your local home improvement center is a great. 5 things to know before ripping up carpet yourself 1. Drive long wood screws into the sub floor and through to floor joists anywhere the floor squeaks.

Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out.

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