Tips Pulling Carpet Concrete

The area doesn t have to be perfectly clean but as clean as you can get it with the carpet still attached to the concrete.

Tips pulling carpet concrete.

To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. The good news is removing carpet glue from a concrete floor is possible. If you are pulling up carpet from stairs. It also makes applying a concrete stain color challenging because the stain can t get past the glue to do its job.

Carpeting is big heavy and bulky lincon says and just the act of pulling it up is more. Grab the cut end of carpet and pull it from the stairs using gloved hands. Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present. Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers.

There are two methods for attaching carpet to the floor. Tack strips or glue. The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out.

Leaving the glue on the floor is not a good option because it can collect grime. Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage. Carpet adhesive is stubborn and difficult to remove. 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 grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Removing carpet before installing concrete floors time. Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1. Fold back about 3 ft.

Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. This is the time consuming section of carpet removal. Begin at the top of the stairs. Is it possible to remove worn carpeting ceramic tile or sheet vinyl from an existing concrete subfloor and then stain or polish it.

And in some cases it s even possible to go right over the existing floor covering. If not cut the carpet near the top of the top stair riser. How to remove carpet glue from a concrete floor is relatively simple however and can be accomplished using these quick simple cleaning tips. Unfortunately for you traces of carpet glue may have lingered on the concrete leaving you with the added task of removing it.

A 2 to 4 wide blade should be appropriate for removing carpet glue to use the scraper attachment insert the blade into your reciprocating saw and lock it in place. Some homeowners find comfort in carpeted basements while others do not. You will not want to be removing carpet when there is still a lot of extra debris on the concrete.