Tearing Up Carpet Tips

When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall.

Tearing up carpet tips.

5 things to know before ripping up carpet yourself 1. Drive long wood screws into the sub floor and through to floor joists anywhere the floor squeaks. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Remove entry or closet doors that might interfere with your work.

Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Use a utility. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out.

Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet. Once you get a good chunk of it up you can use your hands to start pulling backward. Don t jerk too hard or you may rip the carpet and have to start over. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.

Level the sub floor and replace any water damaged wood as needed. Apply a stain blocking primer to prevent old stains from coming up through new carpet. Before you start ripping up the carpet clear all furniture from the room. Grab one corner of the carpet and pull it up from the floor.

Touch up paint on baseboards and around the. You might also consider vacuuming the carpet one last time to minimize the mess during removal. Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall. When you ve selected your starting point grip onto the carpet with your pliers and tug upward firmly.

The right carpet is about more than color.