Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet.
Tear up carpet conrete.
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Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.
Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers.
When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall.
Are you throwing it away or are you going to salvage it.
Work on one.
Cut the carpet into sections so it is easier to carry out of the room if you are throwing it out.
Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers.
When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers.
On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor.
Tack strips hold the carpet in place an.
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Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall.
Consider what you are going to do with the carpet.
The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked.
How to remove carpet from a concrete floor step 1.
Use a utility.
To remove them use a floor scraper.
It s not as easy as just pulling up the carpet.
This is my first time removing carpet from a concrete basement floor.
This includes removing carpe.