Taking Up Old Carpet

Detach carpet from tack strips.

Taking up old carpet.

How to remove old carpet 1. Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall. Figure out how you will dispose of the old carpet before you pull it up. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out.

Use a utility. Before you start ripping up the carpet clear all furniture from the room. Some older houses have. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.

Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. The right carpet is about more than color. Do you want to save what s underneath the carpet.

Carpet may cost money to dispose of so shop. Cut carpet into easy to handle. Removing the tack strip wedge the pry bar beneath the tack strip near each nail that holds it to the subfloor. 5 things to know before ripping up carpet yourself 1.

Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet. Lift up and remove the strip. Prep before pulling up carpet. Tack strips are metal nails that line the perimeter of your walls to hold the carpet.

Decide the final goal of your remodeling. When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner.

Move the furniture out of the area where you.