Removing Carpet Underlay Staples

Subflooring and shovels flooring installers don t use a cat s paw to remove staples after old carpet has been removed there are just too many of them.

Removing carpet underlay staples.

As of now i m trying to remove every last one of them but it is tedious work. I m installing a engineered bamboo floating floor. Soon becoming the 1 professional grade brand. The underlay is stapled in about 1000 places.

The subfloor was attached using a lot of staples. It also shows how to remove carpet pad staples easy https. Products from this video. Http amzn to 2tv9o2n the handyguys demonstrate use diagonal pliers to remove carpet staples embedded in a wood f.

I went through and manually pulled every one of those staples. Instead they ve developed a smart efficient way to remove staples with a shovel or long handled floor scraper. You may want to remove the carpet padding yourself but if you re hiring a professional to work on your wood floor it may be better to have that person remove the padding as well. Your carpet is held down with tack strips.

Ergonomic grip for less fatigue. But every single staple from the underlay was left. Uses all 5418 staples. If there are staples in the underlayment they might pull loose as.

Pulling up carpet and underlay was easy. This video will show you the fastest way to remove staples from your floor when taking out carpet. Hold the tool at about a 45 degree angle and slide it forcefully along the floor. Removing tack strips was ok with a pry bar.

I am pulling up old carpet and would like to polish the 100 year old boards. If it won t come up then cut a small 6 inch by 6 inch square in the corner with your utility knife. Start at one corner of your room and try to pull up the carpet. Every staple i try to remove with pliers keeps breaking and i cannot get the staple out.

The question is did i have to. And 80 of them had a piece of the foam stuck under it that had ripped off. Remove this small piece of carpet and then pull up on the larger section. Look for traxx carpet flooring staples in the blue box.

Cut the underlayment into 2 or 3 foot square sections. Traxx 5418d staples are recommended for use with the tx 5418 txf 5418d.