Ripping Up Carpet With Slab Underneath

These are the five things you need to know about carpet removal.

Ripping up carpet with slab underneath.

However this carpet smell is bad and i want to fix any moisture issue s before installing the new carpet. If you are pulling up carpet from stairs. See more ideas about ripping up carpet concrete stained floors basement remodeling. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner.

The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked. Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1. Checking the relative humidity might help. Begin at the top of the stairs.

Our floor was pretty smooth but you don t know what you re going to get under your carpet until you pull it up. When you can reach in under the carpet pull up the whole corner. Rel noopener noreferrer this to cut the carpet up in the first place. Use a flat head screwdriver and a wrecking bar to gently pry the strip off the tacks underneath.

If you are thinking about ripping up your carpets before you get in over your head stop to consider everything it entails. I d say our slab was much smoother than what you find in garages. Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers. Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present.

Start by cutting a strip 4cm wide and 1m long in one corner of the carpet. A prybar like this to remove the trim ours splintered into a thousand pieces when we removed it but with more substantial trim you can definitely put it back on. 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. Then follow the edge around pulling the carpet up and rolling it into the centre of the room.

Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Laying down some plastic under the carpet for a day or 2 to determine if any moisture is seeping up from the foundation. Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage. Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips.

Rip out the carpet. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. A scraper like this to remove excess glue we have concrete subfloors in this room but it worked well on the plywood subfloors upstairs too. Fold back about 3 ft.