Tool To Remove Carpet Tack Strips

Remove worn carpet pad and tack strips.

Tool to remove carpet tack strips.

Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Detach carpet from tack strip and adjacent surfaces. Press the pry bar in order to begin lifting the tack strip.

Then tap it with a hammer until the tack strip pops up. Removing old carpeting may be necessary to save labor costs if you are having your carpet replaced. Includes planning equipment and material acquisition area preparation and protection setup and cleanup. Scrap of carpet or heavy cardboard.

Safety glasses will protect your eyes in case a piece of the tack strip breaks and becomes airborne. The floor itself is in great condition. Blue hawk 1 in blue tack strip. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling.

At those points slide a pry bar under the tack strip. Remove all debris from home and dispose of legally. Once the carpet is removed locate the nails which attach the tack strips to the floor. Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room.

Slide the pry bar down to the next nail and repeat until the strip is loose from the floor. Use the 6 in 1 painter s tool and a hammer to lift one end of one of the strips. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips.

Find carpet tools accessories at lowe s today. 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. Marshalltown 4 in x 11 in traditional carpet seaming iron. This will create a small space between the carpet tack strip and the floor.

Carpet removal costs 1 to 1 50 per square foot including labor cleanup and waste disposal. 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. For pricing and availability. Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand.

Wear gloves to protect your hands from becoming injured on the sharp tacks. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Gently tap the painter s tool with the hammer until it is underneath the carpet tack strip. Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing.