Easiest Way To Pull Up Glued Down Carpet

As i shared a few weeks ago when we began pulling up the carpet in our family room we were met with a most unfortunate surprise under the carpet and carpet pad was another layer of carpet.

Easiest way to pull up glued down carpet.

Pulling up the carpet and scraping underneath with a paint scraper to beak the glue bond is tedious work and wetting the carpet to loosen the adhesive may cause it to break into pieces. Sharing a tutorial on the most effective way to remove glued down carpet after testing five different methods. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Remove as much of the carpet glue as possible by scraping it using a razor blade scraper.

Boiling water will soften up hard to remove glue. A glued down floor refers to flooring installed on a concrete or plywood subfloor with adhesive. It should be replaced if it is old or stained or has gotten wet. Though incredibly effective this specialty glue is also notorious because it leaves behind sticky residue that is hard to remove with traditional removal methods.

In most cases the carpet padding will also need to be replaced or removed. Carpet installers use strong mastic that doesn t deteriorate when they glue down carpets and they often use more than is really needed both of which spell bad news for you when you want to remove the carpet. The scraper can easily remove big chunks of the glue which helps get the job done more easily later. Fold back about 3 ft.

Step 1 scraping the carpet glue. Carpet glue is an incredibly strong adhesive designed to fix rolls of carpet to concrete floors. Carpet padding is usually just stapled down. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner.

Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Ripping up old carpeting is no small task but removing the glue used to secure it to the subfloor is a major job all on its own. Remove the carpet padding underneath. Step 2 use boiling water.

Pull it up cut it into smaller strips if necessary for handling and roll it as you did the carpet.