Removing tackless strips is a job requiring a certain amount of patience and care if you do not intend on refinishing the floor.
How to take off carpet nail strips.
Step 2 start pulling the carpet.
The trick is to use a cat s paw prybar and to remove all the nails holding each tackless strip.
The first thing you need to do is figure out how many strips you ll need to cut.
You can use your 6 in 1.
If the old carpet was installed over a hardwood floor that you now want to restore slide a wide.
This should pop the nail out of the floor.
Carpet removal the easy way.
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According to the manufacturer i would only have to wait 7 days before staining with my water based stain 30 days if they had been oil based.
Step 1 cut the carpet into strips.
How to remove metal carpet nail strips.
After pulling up 30 year old tack strips some nails came out clean while others ripped out 2 holes i patched with quikrete quick setting cement no.
Hit the other end of the pry bar gently with a hammer.
After pulling up your carpet you will most likely have tack strips left around the perimeter of the room.
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Step 3 roll up the carpet.
If the floor is.
Step 1 position the pry bar as close to the bottom edge of the tack strip as possible.