Rip Up Apartment Carpeting

Rent a steam cleaner from a local hardware or grocery store and go to town addressing any obvious deep stains first by hand with a professional strength carpet cleaning solution.

Rip up apartment carpeting. Rip up both carpet and coal at the same time if the foam isn t glued down. Luckily my teenage boys did all the heavy work. The worst was that the padding had disintegrated. Your carpet is held down with tack strips.

These are the five things you need to know about carpet removal. Not helpful 1 helpful 1. If not cut the carpet near the top of the top stair riser. Remove this small piece of carpet and then pull up on the larger section.

While you can start ripping the carpet up with your hands getting it started and tearing it free will require some help. Begin at the top of the stairs. If it won t come up then cut a small 6 inch by 6 inch square in the corner with your utility knife. Yes i would paint the room first to reduce the risk of getting paint on the new carpet.

To keep the job clean it s also good to have a roll of duct tape to roll up the carpet and move it after you ve cut it loose as well as a utility knife to cut strips of carpet. Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage. Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present. Instead of living with that hideous floor covering cover it up using your own homemade floor cloth or area rugs that suit your decorative style.

Start at one corner of your room and try to pull up the carpet. There were two layers of carpeting one really thin and cheap. These little buggers are along the perimeter of your room so. Your apartment s flooring may seem dire but you can t really know how bad the problem is until you give your carpeting a proper cleaning and fluffing.

We had to use brooms and shovels to remove it. Should i paint the room before i remove the carpet. Tore up carpeting from our large living great room and a bedroom. If you are pulling up carpet from stairs.

My patient son who doesn t mind tedious work pried them all up.