Diy Pull Up Old Carpet

Let s be real kids are hard on carpet.

Diy pull up old carpet.

If you want the installers of the new floor to haul away the old carpet make sure they know in advance and figure it into your price. Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand. Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1. Most of the time old carpet is not underneath the baseboards baseboards are the trim pieces that sit at the bottom of your wall.

Then just lift out the center section pull up the. Pulling up carpet depends on the reason the carpet needs to be pulled up. This is a project i ve wanted to tackle for a while and recently got the go ahead from our landlords. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall.

Pull up each 4 foot strip loosening it from the remaining carpet image 1. Pulling up old carpet for the new laminate floor. 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. Fold back about 3 ft.

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. After you ve rolled up the old carpeting and removed it from the room you ll finally get a good look at the subfloor and any surprise damage that the carpet may have been hiding. Carpet is great but there are always areas that just. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.

Roll up the strips then carry them out of the space image 2. Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips. Thus you shouldn t have to remove the baseboards when taking out smelly carpet. Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room.

To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. Carpet may cost money to dispose of so shop around. You can see part 2 stain seal reveal here.