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Tear up carpet concrete.
Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.
How to remove carpet from a concrete floor step 1.
Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet.
Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers.
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Work on one.
To remove them use a floor scraper.
So go easy on filling the holes where the concrete will pull up from carpet tacking sand with an electric sander when dry and then stain.
The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked.
Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand.
Consider what you are going to do with the carpet.
This includes removing carpe.
Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out.
When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers.
Tack strips hold the carpet in place an.
Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room.
This is my first time removing carpet from a concrete basement floor.
It s not as easy as just pulling up the carpet.
Are you throwing it away or are you going to salvage it.
Cut the carpet into sections so it is easier to carry out of the room if you are throwing it out.
Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing.
This video shows the steps that must be taken in preparation for staining concrete floors.
Tips on how to stain concrete floors.
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Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips.