Tearing Up Carpet On Concrete

This is my first time removing carpet from a concrete basement floor.

Tearing up carpet on concrete.

So go easy on filling the holes where the concrete will pull up from carpet tacking sand with an electric sander when dry and then stain. Cut the carpet into sections so it is easier to carry out of the room if you are throwing it out. This includes removing carpe. Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers.

Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet. All my best patti p. It s not as easy as just pulling up the carpet. On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor.

Tips on how to stain concrete floors. On a concrete floor the carpet pad is often glued into place. Consider what you are going to do with the carpet. To remove them use a floor scraper.

Use pliers to pull padding staples when removing carpet from stairs. Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers. The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked. Remove the 3 foot wide carpet sections from the tack strips by shaking the carpet in a back and forth motion while pulling it up from the surface of the floor.

Work on one. July 17 2012 at 12 20 am. Tough spots might require a power oscillating tool. In this case use a floor scraper to remove the pieces of padding that remain stuck to the floor.

This video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors. How to remove carpet from a concrete floor step 1. When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out.