Figure out how you will dispose of the old carpet before you pull it up.
Take off carpet.
Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet.
Carpet pads are typically installed with either staples or glue.
Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall.
When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall.
Move the furniture out of the area where you.
Removing existing carpet costs between 1 and 2 per square yard and your minimum charge will be around 150 to 200.
This price does not include any repair of the nail or stapler holes or reinstallation of baseboards.
Some older houses have.
Also removing glued carpet can cost up to 5 per square yard or 0 56 per square foot.
Use a utility.
Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.
If yours used the latter you ll have a fair amount of scraping ahead of you to get the old glue off.
Do you want to save what s underneath the carpet.