Removing Carpet Underlay Staples

I went through and manually pulled every one of those staples.

Removing carpet underlay staples. Cut the underlayment into 2 or 3 foot square sections. Http amzn to 2tv9o2n the handyguys demonstrate use diagonal pliers to remove carpet staples embedded in a wood f. Remove this small piece of carpet and then pull up on the larger section. Pulling up carpet and underlay was easy.

As of now i m trying to remove every last one of them but it is tedious work. It also shows how to remove carpet pad staples easy https. Removing tack strips was ok with a pry bar. Look for traxx carpet flooring staples in the blue box.

The subfloor was attached using a lot of staples. Hold the tool at about a 45 degree angle and slide it forcefully along the floor. Your carpet is held down with tack strips. Traxx 5418d staples are recommended for use with the tx 5418 txf 5418d.

I am pulling up old carpet and would like to polish the 100 year old boards. But every single staple from the underlay was left. Ergonomic grip for less fatigue. If it won t come up then cut a small 6 inch by 6 inch square in the corner with your utility knife.

The underlay is stapled in about 1000 places. And 80 of them had a piece of the foam stuck under it that had ripped off. Every staple i try to remove with pliers keeps breaking and i cannot get the staple out. I m installing a engineered bamboo floating floor.

This video will show you the fastest way to remove staples from your floor when taking out carpet. Uses all 5418 staples. I m removing the vinyl kicten floor and sub floor to get everything the same level. Use a prybar to get beneath each section and pull it up from the subfloor.

Flooring pros told our team about several methods they use to remove stuck padding before refinishing a wood floor. Instead they ve developed a smart efficient way to remove staples with a shovel or long handled floor scraper. If there are staples in the underlayment they might pull loose as. You may want to remove the carpet padding yourself but if you re hiring a professional to work on your wood floor it may be better to have that person remove the padding as well.

Start at one corner of your room and try to pull up the carpet. Products from this video.