Rip Carpet Padding

When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers.

Rip carpet padding.

Some may come loose when you pull up the pad but most will remain stuck in the floor. Rip up carpet in sections. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out. In most cases padding is installed onto the plywood or particleboard subfloor by hundreds of staples.

On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor. Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet. To remove them use a floor scraper. These pads will usually be glued or stapled to the subfloor prior to the laying of the carpet to help protect and extend the life of the carpeting in your home.

If after pulling up the carpet and padding you re dazzled by how shiny the wood s surface is it might not be a good thing. Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers. According to angies list the carpet padding also known as a carpet cushion is a sheet of foam rubber or spongy material that is installed onto the floor prior to the carpet installation. Remove carpet padding in sections like you did with the carpet.

The average hourly rate is 60 per hour so expect to pay 180 in total for a contractor to remove and dispose of 12 by. This equals 48 to 72 per hour because it usually takes 3 hours to remove carpet from a 12 by 12 foot room including extracting the tack strips and staples.