Tool To Remove Carpet Tack Strips

Safety glasses will protect your eyes in case a piece of the tack strip breaks and becomes airborne.

Tool to remove carpet tack strips.

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. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Remove all debris from home and dispose of legally. Use the 6 in 1 painter s tool and a hammer to lift one end of one of the strips.

Includes planning equipment and material acquisition area preparation and protection setup and cleanup. You ve pulled the carpet up in your living room and you re delighted to find the original hardwood floor beneath. Carpet removal costs 1 to 1 50 per square foot including labor cleanup and waste disposal. The problem you face is the tack strips that were used to install the carpeting.

Cut carpet into haul able pieces. Gently tap the painter s tool with the hammer until it is underneath the carpet tack strip. Detach carpet from tack strip and adjacent surfaces. Marshalltown 4 in x 11 in traditional carpet seaming iron.

Once the carpet is removed locate the nails which attach the tack strips to the floor. Then tap it with a hammer until the tack strip pops up. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Remove worn carpet pad and tack strips.

Blue hawk 1 in blue tack strip. Press the pry bar in order to begin lifting the tack strip. Wear gloves to protect your hands from becoming injured on the sharp tacks. 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. Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips. This will create a small space between the carpet tack strip and the floor. Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing.

Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room. At those points slide a pry bar under the tack strip. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling.

Scrap of carpet or heavy cardboard. For pricing and availability. Slide the pry bar down to the next nail and repeat until the strip is loose from the floor. Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand.