Removing Carpet Over Hardwood

The basic rule of thumb with removing the carpet for a hardwood installation is that you just go in reverse to take things back to the original subfloor.

Removing carpet over hardwood.

As you remove carpet you ll quickly see why even after meticulous vacuuming it s the dirtiest part of your home. Dispose of tacking strips and any staples or nails that held the strips in place. Remove the carpet tacking strips which may be nailed or stapled to the hardwood floor. It was after i read their solutions that i decided to try very un green very unhealthy solutions.

I suggest wearing your worst work clothes including a long sleeved shirt. I was starting to contemplate carpeting the room so i searched online for padding removal ideas. Carpet padding strips staples nails glue. The procedure for removal of both these adhesives is the same but the products used are not.

Use your standard screwdriver to pry them from the floor. This needs to be removed. 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. I m thankful we didn t have to deal with removing adhesive.

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. Planning to remove carpet over hardwood floors.