Tearing Up Carpet Hardwood Floors

Either way it may be time to tear up the carpet and restore the hardwood flooring.

Tearing up carpet hardwood floors.

How to replace carpet with hardwood. Prybar for pulling up the carpet tack strips. Carpet may cost money to dispose of so shop around. Over time carpet can suffer color reduction as well as wear and tear.

Carpet is a flexible finish material that can be installed on floors throughout the home. Or are you planning a project of your own. Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present. If the goal is simply to get the old carpet out of the way protect your hands with heavy gloves and use a sharp utility knife to cut a border around the entire area about four or five inches away from the walls.

Carpet is great but there are always areas that just. Figure out how you will dispose of the old carpet before you pull it up. If you are pulling up carpet from stairs. This is a project i ve wanted to tackle for a while and recently got the go ahead from our landlords.

These are the five things you need to know about carpet removal. Today i m going to teach ya ll how to pull up carpet and refinish those gorgeous wood floors that may be hiding under your carpet. Let s be real kids are hard on carpet. Have you tried restoring hardwood floors under carpet.

Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage. Stripping hardwood flooring the wrong way can cost you hours of backbreaking work leave you with an enormous mess and even cause permanent damage to your subflooring. Tools for restoring hardwood floors under carpet. Pulling up carpet depends on the reason the carpet needs to be pulled up.

Be aware the project generates quite a bit of dust and could spread out over two or three days but your ultimate reward will be a great looking wood floor that enhances the beauty of your home. Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips. This project is for all of us diyers who like to take matt. This video will take you through our step by step process on how to remove old carpet and padding.

Utility knife for cutting up carpet and or padding into more manageable size strips for rolling up and removing from the room. Begin at the top of the stairs. If you are thinking about ripping up your carpets before you get in over your head stop to consider everything it entails.