Removing Carpet Nail Strips From Concrete

If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room.

Removing carpet nail strips from concrete.

Begin at the top of the stairs. When you remove the tack strip it tends to leave a small hole where the concrete has been broken from the nails. A very easy way to remove carpet tack strip from the basement concrete floor. Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present.

Carpet tack strips are pieces of wood with small sharp nails sticking out of them that grip a carpet and hold it in place. Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage. You must not pull out the nails. If you re removing your old carpet and planning to install new carpet in its place you don t have to remove.

If you are pulling up carpet from stairs. It will seem like getting those out is impossible and i definitely felt that way too. The strips of metal nails under your carpet and carpet padding are called tack strips. The strips are nailed to the subfloor and while removing them is labor.

If you decide to remove the carpet you must also pry up the tack strips which are held in place with nails. Most carpet is secured along the outer edge with a tack strip which are typically nailed into the concrete. If not cut the carpet near the top of the top stair riser. I did remove tack strips from a terazzo concrete floor before refinishing the floor with an acid wash.

Here s where things take a turn from the expected aka carpet installed over wood subfloors. Its not that hard with these tips from clay king from aaa flood drying with 28. Removing carpet from a concrete slab involves also removing the approximately 10 million nails driven straight into the concrete around the perimeter of the room.