Removing Carpet Nail Strips From Concrete

Begin at the top of the stairs.

Removing carpet nail strips from concrete.

When you remove the tack strip it tends to leave a small hole where the concrete has been broken from the nails. It will seem like getting those out is impossible and i definitely felt that way too. You can take the woode out from around the nails and then. Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage.

The strips of metal nails under your carpet and carpet padding are called tack strips. Removing carpet from a concrete slab involves also removing the approximately 10 million nails driven straight into the concrete around the perimeter of the room. A very easy way to remove carpet tack strip from the basement concrete floor. Its not that hard with these tips from clay king from aaa flood drying with 28.

Carpet tack strips are pieces of wood with small sharp nails sticking out of them that grip a carpet and hold it in place. If not cut the carpet near the top of the top stair riser. If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room. If you re removing your old carpet and planning to install new carpet in its place you don t have to remove.

Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present. If you are pulling up carpet from stairs. Carpet tack strips are wooden boards installed around the perimeter of a floor to hold carpet in place. I did remove tack strips from a terazzo concrete floor before refinishing the floor with an acid wash.

Grab the cut end of carpet and pull it from the stairs using gloved hands. Most carpet is secured along the outer edge with a tack strip which are typically nailed into the concrete. Here s where things take a turn from the expected aka carpet installed over wood subfloors.