Remove Carpet And Install Hardwood Floor

Use your standard screwdriver to pry them from the floor.

Remove carpet and install hardwood floor.

We handpick wood floor installation specialists and installers who meet the highest standards for experience know how and customer service. Laminate is more diy friendly and moisture resistant than both wood and carpet. Remove the carpet tacking strips which may be nailed or stapled to the hardwood floor. 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.

This includes costs for removing the old all materials and installation of the replacement. One way to do this is to lift the carpet away from the floor as you cut. Another way is to remove the carpet in larger pieces and cut it up somewhere else. Replace a carpet with hardwood flooring.

They understand that no two hardwood floors are the same. Hardwood floor installation services at the home depot can help you get the floors you ve always wanted. In most instances you nail hardwood to the subfloor. On a concrete floor the carpet pad is often glued into place.

Our installers can handle a variety of flooring including laminate flooring hardwood flooring vinyl flooring and carpet. Installing hardwood floors can cost between 9 and 12 per square foot compared with about 3 to 5 per square foot for carpet so some homeowners opt to install hardwood floors only in some. Carpet padding strips staples nails glue. We ll coordinate with professional independent installers who ll be with you throughout the whole installation process from initial measurement to haul away and everything in between.

If you are trying to salvage the floor underneath make sure you do not cut grooves in the floor with the knife. Tough spots might require a power oscillating tool. Use the pliers to pull up any staples that remain stuck in the floor. Once you install the floor therefore you will not be able to remove it without damaging the wood planks.

Labor rates total 4 25 to 9 25 per square foot to remove the old carpet and. Know what a manageable strip is. The cost to install laminate flooring averages 2 750 compared to hardwood s average of 4 400 and carpet s average of 1 600. Use pliers to pull padding staples when removing carpet from stairs.

Hardwood floors are subject to the relative humidity of your home so you should leave space around the edge of the room for expansion and contraction. Dispose of tacking strips and any staples or nails that held the strips in place.