Removing glued down carpet underlay.
Removing glued down carpet underlay.
6 sep 2005 posts.
When replacing carpet or exposing the hardwood floor that is underneath the carpeting the rubber underlay will require removal.
Had we realised the floor sander was so effective in removing the underlay we would not have bothered with so much scraping at first.
Remove as much of the carpet glue as possible by scraping it using a razor blade scraper.
In fact it does its very best to remain firmly in place.
The scraper can easily remove big chunks of the glue which helps get the job done more easily later.
How to remove glued down carpet.
The carpet that was in the house was very old and underneath all that was very old vinyl tiles.
Show only op 14 jul 2009 at 16 40 1.
Hi folks some.
First we used a utility knife to cut the carpet into strips and peeled each strip of carpet up.
It turns out it is very difficult to remove glued down carpet.
We removed carpet underlay and glue from a timber floor by scraping and then sanding with the floor sander and a makita orbital sander.
Boiling water will soften up hard to remove glue.
Step 2 use boiling water.
If you just removed carpet and now you need to remove the carpet glue from a concrete floor here are some tips the methods below are easy ways for preparing your concrete floors for laminate tile or hardwood you can try the environmentally friendly products or use the proven but toxic chemical glue strippers.
Carpet installers use strong mastic that doesn t deteriorate when they glue down carpets and they often use more than is really needed both of which spell bad news for you when you want to remove the carpet.
Some carpenters glue the underlay down making it a little more difficult but not impossible to remove from the subfloor.
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Hello i am going to be laying down peel and stick vinyl tiles down over wood floors but first i need to get the padding up off the floor.
Removing glued down crapet underlay.
Easiest way to remove glued foam carpet backing from floors.
It does not come up easily.
Step 1 scraping the carpet glue.
