Removing Carpet Nail Strips From Concrete

If not cut the carpet near the top of the top stair riser.

Removing carpet nail strips from concrete.

Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage. The strips of metal nails under your carpet and carpet padding are called tack strips. Most carpet is secured along the outer edge with a tack strip which are typically nailed into the concrete. Carpet tack strips are pieces of wood with small sharp nails sticking out of them that grip a carpet and hold it in place.

Here s where things take a turn from the expected aka carpet installed over wood subfloors. A very easy way to remove carpet tack strip from the basement concrete floor. Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present. If you are pulling up carpet from stairs.

When you remove the tack strip it tends to leave a small hole where the concrete has been broken from the nails. Begin at the top of the stairs. Removing carpet from a concrete slab involves also removing the approximately 10 million nails driven straight into the concrete around the perimeter of the room. I did remove tack strips from a terazzo concrete floor before refinishing the floor with an acid wash.

You can take the woode out from around the nails and then. Carpet tack strips are wooden boards installed around the perimeter of a floor to hold carpet in place. The strips are nailed to the subfloor and while removing them is labor. It will seem like getting those out is impossible and i definitely felt that way too.

If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room. You must not pull out the nails. If you decide to remove the carpet you must also pry up the tack strips which are held in place with nails.