Tool To Remove Carpet Tack Strips

Scrap of carpet or heavy cardboard.

Tool to remove carpet tack strips.

Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Find carpet tools accessories at lowe s today. Wear gloves to protect your hands from becoming injured on the sharp tacks. Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips.

Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand. Once the carpet is removed locate the nails which attach the tack strips to the floor. For pricing and availability. Remove worn carpet pad and tack strips.

Detach carpet from tack strip and adjacent surfaces. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. You ve pulled the carpet up in your living room and you re delighted to find the original hardwood floor beneath. Remove all debris from home and dispose of legally.

Includes planning equipment and material acquisition area preparation and protection setup and cleanup. The average hourly rate is 60 per hour so expect to pay 180 in total for a contractor to remove and dispose of 12 by. Removing old carpeting may be necessary to save labor costs if you are having your carpet replaced. Safety glasses will protect your eyes in case a piece of the tack strip breaks and becomes airborne.

The problem you face is the tack strips that were used to install the carpeting. Gently tap the painter s tool with the hammer until it is underneath the carpet tack strip. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Marshalltown 4 in x 11 in traditional carpet seaming iron.

This will create a small space between the carpet tack strip and the floor. Cut carpet into haul able pieces. Slide the pry bar down to the next nail and repeat until the strip is loose from the floor. At those points slide a pry bar under the tack strip.

The floor itself is in great condition. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Carpet removal costs 1 to 1 50 per square foot including labor cleanup and waste disposal. This equals 48 to 72 per hour because it usually takes 3 hours to remove carpet from a 12 by 12 foot room including extracting the tack strips and staples.

Blue hawk 1 in blue tack strip. Press the pry bar in order to begin lifting the tack strip. Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room. Use the 6 in 1 painter s tool and a hammer to lift one end of one of the strips.