Go to a corner of your carpeting and run a standard screwdriver between the edge of the wall and carpet.
Tearing up carpet.
Your carpet is held down with tack strips.
Decide the final goal of your remodeling.
Remove this small piece of carpet and then pull upon the larger section.
Browsing carpet samples at your local home improvement center is a great.
To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner.
Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.
Use a utility.
Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall.
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Carpet may cost money to dispose of so shop.
When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall.
If it won t come up then cut a small 6 inch by 6 inch square in the corner with your utility knife.
Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips.
Remove the carpet tacking strips which may be nailed or stapled to the hardwood floor.
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Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall.
Move the furniture out of the area where you.
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.
The right carpet is about more than color.
Do you want to save what s underneath the carpet.
Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.
Some older houses have.