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Ripping up carpet from concrete.
Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers.
Removing carpet from a concrete floor can require some elbow work and some time.
When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers.
If you just removed carpet and now you need to remove the carpet glue from a concrete floor here are some tips the methods below are easy ways for preparing your concrete floors for laminate tile or hardwood you can try the environmentally friendly products or use the proven but toxic chemical glue strippers.
22 responses to rip up the carpet and stain your concrete.
Jul 5 2013 pulling up a carpet from a concrete floor can be a messy process requiring the removal of hundreds of staples a glued down foam underlayment and tack strips nailed directly into the concrete surface.
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.
All my best patti p.
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.
Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers.
Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present.
On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor.
It s a sound theory but should only be executed by a professiona.
Rel noopener noreferrer this to cut the carpet up in the first place.
Tack strips or glue.
Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage.
Begin at the top of the stairs.
This is the time consuming section of carpet removal.
If you are pulling up carpet from stairs.
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.
Once the carpeting or tile is removed you may also find tack strip holes or cracks in the existing floor that will need patching.
The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked.
Some of the challenges include ripping up and disposing of the old flooring and removing any adhesives used to glue it down.
Tips on installing concrete floors if you have carpet.
If you ever wanted to replace your carpet with stained concrete you should watch this first.
If not cut the carpet near the top of the top stair riser.
Some homeowners find comfort in carpeted basements while others do not.
To remove them use a floor scraper.
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.
