Tearing Up Carpet Tips

Apply a stain blocking primer to prevent old stains from coming up through new carpet.

Tearing up carpet tips.

When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall. The right carpet is about more than color. Don t jerk too hard or you may rip the carpet and have to start over. Once you get a good chunk of it up you can use your hands to start pulling backward.

Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Before you start ripping up the carpet clear all furniture from the room.

5 things to know before ripping up carpet yourself 1. Use a utility. You might also consider vacuuming the carpet one last time to minimize the mess during removal. Grab one corner of the carpet and pull it up from the floor.

Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Browsing carpet samples at your local home improvement center is a great.

Drive long wood screws into the sub floor and through to floor joists anywhere the floor squeaks. Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. When you ve selected your starting point grip onto the carpet with your pliers and tug upward firmly.

Remove entry or closet doors that might interfere with your work.