This guide teaches you how to pull up carpet and gives tips so you can get the job done safely and efficiently.
Remove carpeting to fix step.
The carpet will be stapled extensively and old staples seem designed to poke fingers or palms so proceed carefully during this step and throughout the removal process.
The most time consuming step in the process is removing staples.
Here are four easy steps to permanently fix the treads that squeak and keep the rest from ever starting.
Since you ll be reusing the treads remove the nails and any leftover carpet pad and staples.
Learning how to remove carpet can help save money when having new carpet installed in your home.
Even if you are hiring someone to install new flooring you may want to pull out the old carpet yourself.
The simple process requires only a few carpet tools and a moderate amount of strength.
Follow these steps to remove old carpeting from stairs.
After you ve removed the carpet use a flat bar to pry off the treads working from the top down photo 1.
Use pliers to pull each staple from the subfloor image 2 then place staples into disposable plastic cup.
As tempting as it may be to just grab a loose corner of carpet and start pulling preparing ahead of time and following a proper sequence.
Step 6 patching and sanding.
Remove them with either nail remover on the wonder bar or a pair of pliers.
With gloved hands and using a screwdriver 5 in 1 tool or similar implement pry up a corner until you can gain a grip.
Once all of the carpet has been removed it s time to remove the padding following the same steps outlined above image 1.
Step 5 tacks.
After the tack strips are up there may still be some tacks left stuck to the wood.
Steps for removing carpeting from stairs.
Step 1 cutting the carpet first use a razor to cut the carpet into sections.
Sand with heavy sandpaper to remove splinters and small cracked pieces.
How to take out carpet.