Pulling Up Carpet In House

Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.

Pulling up carpet in house.

Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing. Once the carpet and underlayment is torn up you ll be left with an ugly and somewhat treacherous assortment of staples nails and tack strips. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. When you can reach in under the carpet pull up the whole corner.

Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand. Figure out how you will dispose of the old carpet before you pull it up. Then follow the edge around pulling the carpet up and rolling it into the centre of the room. See professionally prepared estimates for carpet removal work.

Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out. 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.

Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room. Once the carpet is all up get a couple of people to help you take it out. Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1. The cost to remove carpet starts at 0 92 1 59 per square foot but can vary significantly with site conditions and options.

See typical tasks and time to remove carpet along with per unit costs and material requirements. Previous step next step. Pulling up carpet depends on the reason the carpet needs to be pulled up. Carpet may cost money to dispose of so shop around.

Pull up any staples or nails you find using your pliers. 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. Pull up carpet tack strips and underlayment. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.