Remove Glued Down Indoor Outdoor Carpet

Use a utility knife to cut the carpet into strips and peel each strip of carpet up.

Remove glued down indoor outdoor carpet. Using a power puller. To use the scraper attachment insert the blade into your reciprocating saw and lock it in place. Scrape up the foam backing using a hand scraper. It works best if you cut the carpet into 2 foot strips.

Remove the adhesive from the subfloor. Step 1 scraping the carpet glue. If the scraper attachment. The scraper can easily remove big chunks of the glue which helps get the job done more easily later.

Roll it as you go to make it easier to carry out of the space. Following the manufacturer s instructions to get the best results. Use a glue dissolution solvent to remove the adhesive from the floor. Boiling water will soften up hard to remove glue.

Depending on the amount of glue used you may be able to tear pieces of the carpet up without the use of the drywall knife. A 2 to 4 wide blade should be appropriate for removing carpet glue. This machine plugs into a wall outlet and does all the hard work at a much faster pace than you can do by hand. Let it soak for 15 20 minutes.

If the carpet has been thoroughly glued down scrape the drywall knife under the edge of the carpet as you work it off the surface of the patio. Use a sharp utility knife to cut through the carpet to form strips a couple of feet wide then loosen each strip by whacking at the edges with the shovel scraper. When you get enough carpet loose. Step 2 use boiling water.

Pour some sentinelon a small area and spread it around with an old mop. Remove as much of the carpet glue as possible by scraping it using a razor blade scraper.