Removing Glued Down Carpet Underlay

The carpet that was in the house was very old and underneath all that was very old vinyl tiles.

Removing glued down carpet underlay.

When replacing carpet or exposing the hardwood floor that is underneath the carpeting the rubber underlay will require removal. It turns out it is very difficult to remove glued down carpet. See my full disclosure here. The scraper can easily remove big chunks of the glue which helps get the job done more easily later.

This post contains affiliate links. Pulling up the carpet and scraping underneath with a paint scraper to beak the glue bond is tedious work and wetting the carpet to loosen the adhesive may cause it to break into pieces. Some carpenters glue the underlay down making it a little more difficult but not impossible to remove from the subfloor. Show only op 14 jul 2009 at 16 40 1.

Removing glued down crapet underlay. In fact it does its very best to remain firmly in place. We removed carpet underlay and glue from a timber floor by scraping and then sanding with the floor sander and a makita orbital sander. Boiling water will soften up hard to remove glue.

Discussion in general discussion started by thebigcheese 14 jul 2009. Step 1 scraping the carpet glue. Had we realised the floor sander was so effective in removing the underlay we would not have bothered with so much scraping at first. It does not come up easily.

How to remove glued down carpet. Easiest way to remove glued foam carpet backing from floors. Hello i am going to be laying down peel and stick vinyl tiles down over wood floors but first i need to get the padding up off the floor. Hi folks some.

If you just removed carpet and now you need to remove the carpet glue from a concrete floor here are some tips the methods below are easy ways for preparing your concrete floors for laminate tile or hardwood you can try the environmentally friendly products or use the proven but toxic chemical glue strippers. First we used a utility knife to cut the carpet into strips and peeled each strip of carpet up. Remove as much of the carpet glue as possible by scraping it using a razor blade scraper. 6 sep 2005 posts.