Removing Old Carpet From Hardwood Floors

Carpet removal often results in carpet padding stuck to the hardwood flooring.

Removing old carpet from hardwood floors. How to remove the old carpet. It had fused with the beautiful oak hardwood floors. With the help of the right products and a little bit of patience you ll be well on your way to restoring your hardwood to its original glory. Well there are a lot of ways to remove carpet padding on your wood floors but today and i m going to tell you the easiest way to do it.

I bought a house about 3 weeks ago and it has hardwood floor in the living room when i tried removing the old carpet it left padding residue and marks on the floor. Hello i am going to be laying down peel and stick vinyl tiles down over wood floors but first i need to get the padding up off the floor. If you are going to refinish and show off that hardwood floor under your carpet but you better remove the carpet without marring the floor in the process. How to remove old carpet foam rubber from wood floors by chris deziel.

Learning how to clean old hardwood floors after removing carpet is easier than most people think it simply takes a little bit more time than a traditional floor clean. Water seems safe but wood flooring manufacturers are unequivocal about avoiding water when cleaning hardwood floors because of the long term damage it can do to the wood. When we pulled the old carpet and padding which was a blue yellow mixed color from our floors we found a thin layer of what apparently was black foam from the carpet before.