Removing Carpet Over Hardwood

Planning to remove carpet over hardwood floors.

Removing carpet over hardwood.

I suggest wearing your worst work clothes including a long sleeved shirt. Remove the carpet tacking strips which may be nailed or stapled to the hardwood floor. I was starting to contemplate carpeting the room so i searched online for padding removal ideas. Carpet padding strips staples nails glue.

Use the pliers to pull up any staples that remain stuck in the floor. Use your standard screwdriver to pry them from the floor. I m thankful we didn t have to deal with removing adhesive. Dispose of tacking strips and any staples or nails that held the strips in place.

The procedure for removal of both these adhesives is the same but the products used are not. In order to have that beautiful hardwood floor you need to keep in mind that there are two types of glues that are used when putting down a carpet general carpet adhesive and tar based glue. This needs to be removed. As you remove carpet you ll quickly see why even after meticulous vacuuming it s the dirtiest part of your home.

It was after i read their solutions that i decided to try very un green very unhealthy solutions. 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.