Ripping Up Carpet Tack Strips

How to remove carpet tack strips use a pry bar to get under the edge of the tack strip.

Ripping up carpet tack strips.

Once the carpet and underlayment is torn up you ll be left with an ugly and somewhat treacherous assortment of staples nails and tack strips. Step 1 position the pry bar as close to the bottom edge of the tack strip as possible. Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present. Removing these strips that once held your carpet is the most tedious part of carpet removal.

Ripping up a rug removing the rug pad tack strips we named the rug in the sunroom stinky. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Once the carpet is up you ll need to go along the edges and pry up the tack strips. Flimsy wood tack strips yield easily to a sharp utility knife so you can replace pieces as needed.

After pulling up your carpet you will most likely have tack strips left around the perimeter of the room. Pull up carpet tack strips and underlayment. Push the pry bar down to pop the tack strip up. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall.

As a tip push the short end of the pry bar under the tack strip as best you can then use the hammer to drive it further under the strip. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling. Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage. Joe is working on a carpet removal project now he is ready to.

As the carpet comes off you ll need to yank up the underlayment too. Carpeting is big heavy and bulky lincon says and just the act of pulling it up is more difficult than it might seem at first for starters carpeting attaches to the floor along the edges. If not cut the carpet near the top of the top stair riser. It s okay if it breaks as you go.

If you are pulling up carpet from stairs. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Pull up any staples or nails you find using your pliers. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.

Grab the cut end of carpet and pull it from the stairs using gloved hands. Loosen the carpet from its anchor whether a tack strip or metal cap. You could use a hammer or pry bar for this and goggles of course.