Ripping Up Carpet For Hardwood Floors

Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage.

Ripping up carpet for hardwood floors. Begin at the top of the stairs. I m probably handy enough to put in vinyl flooring myself but was wondering how much work is involved in. Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present. Level the sub floor and replace any water damaged wood as needed.

You don t want to cause any damage to your floor by ripping up the carpet hard and fast. Start by pulling up the carpet. If you have natural hardwood floors underneath your carpeting learning how to rip up carpet is most likely on your to do list. Once the carpet is up it is not going to be very pretty.

Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips. Even though you are probably eager and excited to finally see your hardwood floors underneath please push down your excitement and take this step slow. If you are pulling up carpet from stairs. Hardwood flooring is meant to be shown off but you have to know the right removal techniques to keep from damaging your flooring.

Apply a stain blocking primer to prevent old stains from coming up through new carpet. Either way it may be time to tear up the carpet and restore the hardwood flooring. Be aware the project generates quite a bit of dust and could spread out over two or three days but your ultimate reward will be a great looking wood floor that enhances the beauty of your home. I m caught between living very frugally and hating cheapo dirty carpets that spread wall to wall in every apartment i ve ever leased.

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