This needs to be removed.
Removing carpet tacks from hardwood.
Once you have all of the tack strips up it is time to remove any staples on the floor from the carpet pad.
You may also need to remove your carpet if you have hardwood floors underneath that you would like to refinish.
With a few common tools you can have the job finished in an afternoon and enjoy your new hardwood floor.
After pulling up your carpet you will most likely have tack strips left around the perimeter of the room.
Even if your carpet appeared clean before you started ripping it up you may have a visible layer of dirt covering the wood floor now.
Mask if there are carpet remnants and if it seems dusty.
It s a pretty simple process.
Use a broom to sweep the dirt into a pile.
You ll be relieved to learn it s a straightforward task to remove carpet tack strips from hardwood floors.
After you learn how to remove carpet from hardwood floors.
Step 1 start in a doorway or corner of the room.
The patience of a saint.
To remove carpet tacks you will need vise grips.
I love using the wonder tool and these pliers for this job.
Once the carpet pad and strips have been removed you will be left with a messy floor.
In order to have that beautiful hardwood floor you need to keep in mind that there are two types of glues that are used when putting down a carpet general carpet adhesive and tar based glue.
Pulling carpet tacks out of previously buried hardwood floors is not hard it s just tedious.