Taking Up Old Carpet

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Taking up old carpet.

Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Browsing carpet samples at your local home improvement center is a great. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Tack strips are metal nails that line the perimeter of your walls to hold the carpet.

Do you want to save what s underneath the carpet. Move the furniture out of the area where you. 5 things to know before ripping up carpet yourself 1. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner.

Prep before pulling up carpet. How to remove old carpet 1. Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.

Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall. Before you start ripping up the carpet clear all furniture from the room. Cut carpet into easy to handle. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall.

When pulling carpet off of tack strip on stairs make sure your weight is forward to prevent falling backwards if the carpet comes up easier than expect. The right carpet is about more than color. Carpet may cost money to dispose of so shop. Lift up and remove the strip.

Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out. Use a utility. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling. Figure out how you will dispose of the old carpet before you pull it up.

Decide the final goal of your remodeling.