How Can You Remove Your Old Carpet Easily?

Replacing your old carpet with a new one will surely make a huge impact on the interiors while remodelling your home, but at the same time, it will also make a big impact on your personal budget too, in case you are not doing it DIY way.

Your cost of hiring a professional to remove the carpet can easily go high clearly on the size of your living room. Although a few carpet installers may also oblige you by removing your old carpet without any charge, however, then they will compensate for that while installing a new carpet at a much higher price.

Learning about how to remove carpet all by yourself looks easier than you might think. If you have got the right kind of tools and with a little help, your whole project can be easily completed during the weekend by following a few simple steps.

Following are the various processes that you need to manage while removing your carpet

  • Carpet delivery to site
  • Old carpet Removal
  • Preparation of the floor
  • Installation of pads and carpet
  • Replacement of trim
  • Cleaning up and removal

What are the various tools needed?

If you are planning to remove the old carpet all by yourself then you will need the following few essential tools to ease your job.

  • Dust mask
  • Duct tape
  • Gloves
  • Hammer
  • Knee pads
  • Locking pliers
  • Pry bar
  • Ring shank nails
  • Safety glasses
  • Utility knife

Following are a few steps that you will take while removing your carpet:

  • Start from one corner

You should start pulling up the old carpet from one corner and if your carpet does not come out with sheer force, and then cut a small piece of the corner by using your utility knife, and then, you can easily pull it.

  • Roll up the carpet in strips

Roll your carpet after pulling them back by using your utility knife and then you can roll them up and use duct tape so that you can prevent it to get unrolled again. This will also help you to pick up all the pieces in the trash.

  • Rip up your carpet padding

You must know how to rip up carpet while doing carpet padding in a DIY way. Most padding is usually stapled to your subfloor in patches. You must roll each section of your padding up like what you did during pulling up your carpet.

  • Prepare your subfloor

Once all the paddings are done, then you may inspect the subfloor. If you are planning to install new tile or hardwood floors then this is a very important step because any issues with your subfloor will be very difficult to fix after the new flooring sets in.

  • Remove the tack strips

For removing tack strips, you must find the nails to hold them to your floor and you may slide the pry bar underneath. You can use your hammer to force into the gap and then pull on this pry bar for loosening the strip until it becomes free.