Removing Carpet Tack Strips From Concrete

I lifted nailed some carpet tack strips this way using a small pry bar.

Removing carpet tack strips from concrete.

It is not a complicated process but it can be time consuming. You must not pull out the nails. Removing carpet tack strips from a concrete slab. You can take the woode out from around the nails and then.

However removing them is far from convenient. Carpet tack strips are quite handy when holding carpet to slabs of concrete. I need advice on how to remove tack boards. Fri may 4 2012 7 37 pm.

30 year old carpet and tack strips removed. Now foundation cracks in cement also holes from tack strips need fixed before peel n sick tile laid. I ripped my carpet out which revealed lots of tack boards attached to the concrete slab underneath the carpet. Contact options for registered users.

If you want to remove carpet tack strips from concrete without damaging concrete you re going to need some guidance. If you decide to remove the carpet you must also pry up the tack strips which are held in place with nails. The strips are nailed to the subfloor and while removing them is labor. Carpet tack strips are wooden boards installed around the perimeter of a floor to hold carpet in place.

If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room. I did remove tack strips from a terazzo concrete floor before refinishing the floor with an acid wash. Carpet tack strips are pieces of wood with small sharp nails sticking out of them that grip a carpet and hold it in place. When you remove the tack strip it tends to leave a small hole where the concrete has been broken from the nails.

Posted 8 years ago. They ll damage the pry bar to get the end of the bar underneath some of the strips.