Tearing Out Carpet Diy

Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.

Tearing out carpet diy.

After you tack on the costs of new flooring and installation you re looking at quite an investment. Replacing your flooring is a great project to increase your home s value. Place both your hands on the utility knife while cutting carpet so that you don t cut your finger off. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner.

If the goal is simply to get the old carpet out of the way protect your hands with heavy gloves and use a sharp utility knife to cut a border around the entire area about four or five inches away from the walls. Put on a pair of sturdy work gloves and start tearing up carpet in a corner of the room. Fold one third of the carpet into the center of the room then cut the fold with your utility knife don t worry i show you how to do this in my video but please don t comment on my messy hair. Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall.

Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling. But tearing out the old carpet does. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall.

The work can be dusty so wear a dust mask and safety glasses. By removing the carpet from a 12 x 15 ft. Nothing dates a home more quickly than dingy or stained carpeting so if that spilled soft drink was the last straw you may be tempted to rip out that old carpeting right on the spot just so you. Depending on where you live an installer will charge 3 to 5 per square yard for tear out.

It was a long day of projects. Pulling up carpet depends on the reason the carpet needs to be pulled up. But professional carpet removal for a 500 square foot area can range from 200 to over 500 plus disposal.