Remove Carpet Strips Nails

How to remove tack strips without chipping concrete tags.

Remove carpet strips nails.

If you decide to remove the carpet you must also pry up the tack strips which are held in place with nails. If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room. Use the 6 in 1 painter s tool and a hammer to lift one end of one of the strips. A very easy way to remove carpet tack strip from the basement concrete floor.

You may also need to remove your carpet if you have hardwood floors underneath that you would like to refinish. Its not that hard with these tips from clay king from aaa flood drying with 28. Joe is still working on his carpet removal project it s now. Removing old carpeting may be necessary to save labor costs if you are having your carpet replaced.

After pulling up your carpet you will most likely have tack strips left around the perimeter of the room. Some people have a hard time with this step but i ll show you how to remove carpet tack strips the easy way with three simple tools. Carpet tack strips are pieces of wood with small sharp nails sticking out of them that grip a carpet and hold it in place. Flooring stairs i want to replace carpet with ceramic tile but i can t seem to remove the tack strip nails without gouging out areas of.

Step 5 remove the carpet tack strips. When you can tell the crowbar is fully under the nail and the strip you can press in a downward motion to lift up the tack strip and nails. Removing tackless strips is a job requiring a certain amount of patience and care if you do not intend on refinishing the floor. Once you have the crowbar under the tack strip hit the end the yellow part on the right side of the picture above with your hammer to get it under the nails.

The trick is to use a cat s paw prybar and to remove all the nails holding each tackless strip. If you re removing your old carpet and planning to install new carpet in its place you don t have to remove. The strips of metal nails under your carpet and carpet padding are called tack strips.