Fast Way To Remove Carpet Staples

My back is pretty much shot but i am almost ready to get the new flooring put down.

Fast way to remove carpet staples.

Carpet pad staples and tack strips are the devil. Is there an easy way to remove staples in subfloor from carpet padding. Discarding the staples will mostly be a matter of sweeping them up from the floor. In this case use a floor scraper to remove the pieces of padding that remain stuck to the floor.

I just ripped out my carpet and padding in my dining room and putting in engineered hardwood lock and fold bruce. A heavy duty office stapler. This video will show you the fastest way to remove staples from your floor when taking out carpet. I have a tight pocket book a bad back and a stubborn streak 10 miles long.

Removing the carpet has been the hardest job i have ever taken on even more than giving birth to my four kids. To remove carpet from stairs start at the top. Tough spots might require a power oscillating tool. There was a product review that described using an office style staple remover for hardwood floors and carpet staples.

For the affordable price tag we felt like it was worth a try. It s usually laid in smaller sections and it s stapled along its edges. On a concrete floor the carpet pad is often glued into place. Any suggestions for doing it quicker.

Ours seemed to be stapled by someone very determined and very drunk lots and lots of staples all over the place. If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it. If not cut the carpet near the top of the top riser grab the cut end and pull the carpet off the stairs by hand. Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place.

Hold the tool at about a 45 degree angle and slide it forcefully along the floor. I found that there s staples everywhere and have been using a mini pry bar but this is taking forever. Flooring installers don t use a cat s paw to remove staples after old carpet has been removed there are just too many of them. If you re removing carpet lots of floor staples will come up with the carpet as you remove it.

It also shows how to remove carpet pad staples easy https. Use pliers to pull padding staples when removing carpet from stairs. Many however will remain stuck and will need to be removed but getting as many as you can while you re removing the carpet in the first place will make it a lot.