Removing Glued Carpet Pad

The scraper can easily remove big chunks of the glue which helps get the job done more easily later.

Removing glued carpet pad.

Sweep the areas of the floor from which you able to remove the loose larger pieces of carpet pad. Pulling up the carpet and scraping underneath with a paint scraper to beak the glue bond is tedious work and wetting the carpet to loosen the adhesive may cause it to break into pieces. The padding may have been glued or stapled to the floor. Carpet installers use strong mastic that doesn t deteriorate when they glue down carpets and they often use more than is really needed both of which spell bad news for you when you want to remove the carpet.

Boiling water will soften up hard to remove glue. Step 2 use boiling water. Return to the corner of the room where you began and get down on all fours. To use the scraper attachment insert the blade into your reciprocating saw and lock it in place.

Sharing a tutorial on the most effective way to remove glued down carpet after testing five different methods. Over several years it may have bonded to the polyurethane. Throw away the debris. Step 1 scraping the carpet glue.

You may want to remove the carpet padding yourself but if you re hiring a professional to work on your wood floor it may be better to have that person remove the padding as well.