Remove Carpet Tack Without Damaging Concrete

The trick was to pull them out vertically.

Remove carpet tack without damaging concrete. If you decide to remove the carpet you must also pry up the tack strips which are held in place with nails. This is me and my father removing a tack strip without damage to the concrete. When hammering in the other hammer tap lightly and make sure not to move the. Taking a carpet tack strip off of a concrete floor will be somewhat different from taking it off of a hardwood floor especially if you plan on keeping and restoring the hardwood floor.

A lot of times i can just use the pliers to get the staples up but some staples are so close to the floor that i need to use the wonder tool to get them started. That way you don t enlarge the hole. I love using the wonder tool and these pliers for this job. Carpet tack strips are pieces of wood with small sharp nails sticking out of them that grip a carpet and hold it in place.

A very easy way to remove carpet tack strip from the basement concrete floor. Flooring stairs i want to replace carpet with ceramic tile but i can t seem to remove the tack strip nails without gouging out areas of. The strips are nailed to the. They ll damage the pry bar to get the end of the bar underneath some of the strips.

How to remove tack strips without chipping concrete tags. If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room. I lifted nailed some carpet tack strips this way using a small pry bar. Since these tack strips are nailed into the floor there will be small holes in the floor when you are done but it is important to cause as little damage as possible in the process.

How to cut carpet tack from concrete. I used a rubber mallet no steel hammers.