Put on a pair of sturdy work gloves and start tearing up carpet in a corner of the room.
Tear up carpet conrete.
The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked.
The work can be dusty so wear a dust mask and safety glasses.
See typical tasks and time to remove carpet along with per unit costs and material requirements.
This includes removing carpe.
To remove them use a floor scraper.
Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet.
Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers.
Tack strips or glue.
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Stained concrete would be much cleaner and smell fresher than carpet in the finished basement.
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When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers.
The cost to remove carpet starts at 0 92 1 59 per square foot but can vary significantly with site conditions and options.
Depending on the amount of light you get down there you may want to use a light colored stain if not much natural light or if a lot of natural light go with the darker leather color.
On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor.
Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall.
Tack strips hold the carpet in place and those tack strips are nailed into the concrete with a nail gun.
Removing carpet from a concrete floor can require some elbow work and some time.
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.
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This is the time consuming section of carpet removal.
Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers.
If you are thinking about ripping up your carpets before you get in over your head stop to consider everything it entails.
Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet.
These are the five things you need to know about carpet removal.