Pulling up old carpet that has been glued down years ago. Any easy way to remove this?
2007-02-01 13:57:52 · 6 answers · asked by bobontheknob420 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Use a straight edged shovel,scrape it up.
2007-02-01 14:20:07 · answer #1 · answered by Backwoods Barbie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easiest way is to get the carpet real wet with plain water, (only if it is on a cement slab, can not do this on a wood floor.) Let the water set on the carpet over night, this helps break down the glue. In the morning use a wet vacuum and vacuum up the excess water. Then when you are pulling up the carpet, use a 4 inch wide (no wider) razor blade on a pole to help scrape the carpet away. You can purchase the razor blade/pole at a janitorial supply store.
2007-02-01 16:37:10 · answer #2 · answered by Gary S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have wallpaper scrapers that are 4" wide and they have 7" wide floor scrapers. Your best bet is the 4" wallpaper scraper because you will need to be careful to NOT dig into the remaining tile floor. I am assuming that you have "resilient" tiles on the floor? There is a special head attachment to goes onto a power scrubber (floor machine) that is designed to remove that glue, but it costs $1,200 to buy. Then you need the floor machine to attach it to. If the scraper method is too tedious, you may want to hire a flooring contractor that can come in and knock it down for you pretty quickly. You can rent a floor machine, but you wont find that special head for rent. Another way to attack it would be to use a "DISC" sander with a 36 grit or a 50 grit sanding disc. The 50 grit won't tear up the existing floor as much, but it will gum up faster and take longer than the 36 grit sanding disc. You will need several disc as they will gum up. Use a respirator, goggles and ear plugs while sanding. Then vacuum the floor.
2016-05-24 03:56:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is an easy way. You have to pull hard at what you can and scrape the rest off. I wish there was something easy and I will keep watch to see if you get some ideas.
2007-02-01 14:18:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pull hard, if that fails pull harder. you can try cutting it into smaller pieces and use a pry bar or something similar to scrape it out but pulling it out usually works for me.
2007-02-01 14:09:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find a hardware store that rents a machine to do just that. You'll be done in no time
2007-02-01 16:05:54 · answer #6 · answered by Classy Granny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋