Step 1 scraping the carpet glue.
Remove carpet from concrete porch add tile.
With a few easy and simple steps your concrete slab will be on its way from dirty and dated to clean and simple.
Pricey off the shelf products promise to make easy work of removing tough carpet glue from concrete but chemical strippers emit toxic fumes while their eco friendly counterparts can be so.
Use pliers to pull padding staples when removing carpet from stairs.
In this case use a floor scraper to remove the pieces of padding that remain stuck to the floor.
Here are some alternative methods to get carpet glue off of concrete that will protect your health and your wallet.
The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked.
Outdoor carpet on your front porch or patio can get grimy and filled with dirt and other germs.
You may be embarrassed when guests come to your front doorstep if you still have ripped and disgusting carpet glued to your cement steps.
Remove the 3 foot wide carpet sections from the tack strips by shaking the carpet in a back and forth motion while pulling it up from the surface of the floor.
Remove as much of the carpet glue as possible by scraping it using a razor blade scraper.
On a concrete floor the carpet pad is often glued into place.
Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers.
The scraper can easily remove big chunks of the glue which helps get the job done more easily later.