We took up the carpet at our airbnb and found nice wood floors underneath.
Removing carpet from hardwood floors.
Use your standard screwdriver to pry them from the floor.
Planning to remove carpet over hardwood floors.
Here s a short video to show how to remove carpet strips from hardwood floors.
Use the pliers to pull up any staples that remain stuck in the floor.
An even better option when it comes to getting your floors clean after removing carpet is to opt for a hardwood steam cleaner.
Remove the carpet tacking strips which may be nailed or stapled to the hardwood floor.
This needs to be removed.
While planning to uncover the original hardwood floor i pulled back the corner of the carpet to find that the padding was stapled down and not glued to the floor.
The procedure for removal of both these adhesives is the same but the products used are not.
I m thankful we didn t have to deal with removing adhesive.
Once you ve established that you really want to remove the carpet be prepared for one of the dirtiest smelliest jobs you ve ever done in your life.
Dispose of tacking strips and any staples or nails that held the strips in place.
As you remove carpet you ll quickly see why even after meticulous vacuuming it s the dirtiest part of your home.