Removing Carpet Nail Strips From Concrete

If you decide to remove the carpet you must also pry up the tack strips which are held in place with nails.

Removing carpet nail strips from concrete.

The strips of metal nails under your carpet and carpet padding are called tack strips. If you re removing your old carpet and planning to install new carpet in its place you don t have to remove. Here s where things take a turn from the expected aka carpet installed over wood subfloors. The strips are nailed to the subfloor and while removing them is labor.

You must not pull out the nails. Carpet tack strips are pieces of wood with small sharp nails sticking out of them that grip a carpet and hold it in place. Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage. I did remove tack strips from a terazzo concrete floor before refinishing the floor with an acid wash.

Most carpet is secured along the outer edge with a tack strip which are typically nailed into the concrete. If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room. Begin at the top of the stairs. You can take the woode out from around the nails and then.

When you remove the tack strip it tends to leave a small hole where the concrete has been broken from the nails. If not cut the carpet near the top of the top stair riser. Removing carpet from a concrete slab involves also removing the approximately 10 million nails driven straight into the concrete around the perimeter of the room. It will seem like getting those out is impossible and i definitely felt that way too.

A very easy way to remove carpet tack strip from the basement concrete floor. Its not that hard with these tips from clay king from aaa flood drying with 28. Grab the cut end of carpet and pull it from the stairs using gloved hands.