Removing Carpet Over Hardwood

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Removing carpet over hardwood. This needs to be removed. The procedure for removal of both these adhesives is the same but the products used are not. While planning to uncover the original hardwood floor i pulled back the corner of the carpet to find that the padding was stapled down and not glued to the floor. Use the pliers to pull up any staples that remain stuck in the floor.

Planning to remove carpet over hardwood floors. It was after i read their solutions that i decided to try very un green very unhealthy solutions. Carpet padding strips staples nails glue. The basic rule of thumb with removing the carpet for a hardwood installation is that you just go in reverse to take things back to the original subfloor.

I m thankful we didn t have to deal with removing adhesive. As you remove carpet you ll quickly see why even after meticulous vacuuming it s the dirtiest part of your home. Dispose of tacking strips and any staples or nails that held the strips in place. Once you ve established that you really want to remove the carpet be prepared for one of the dirtiest smelliest jobs you ve ever done in your life.

I was starting to contemplate carpeting the room so i searched online for padding removal ideas. Fortunately i found one message board from other homeowners who dealt with the same hideous kind of carpet padding that stuck on hardwood floors.