Removing Carpet Tack Strips From Concrete

Removing carpet tack strip from concrete.

Removing carpet tack strips from concrete.

I ripped my carpet out which revealed lots of tack boards attached to the concrete slab underneath the carpet. Carpet tack strips are quite handy when holding carpet to slabs of concrete. Most carpet is secured along the outer edge with a tack strip which are typically nailed into the concrete. 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. They ll damage the pry bar to get the end of the bar underneath some of the strips. I need advice on how to remove tack boards. The strips are nailed to the subfloor and while removing them is labor.

Removing carpet tack strips from a concrete slab. I used a rubber mallet no steel hammers. You can take the woode out from around the nails and then. I lifted nailed some carpet tack strips this way using a small pry bar.

You must not pull out the nails. 30 year old carpet and tack strips removed. Posted 8 years ago. Fri may 4 2012 7 37 pm.

If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room. Carpet tack strips are wooden boards installed around the perimeter of a floor to hold carpet in place. When you remove the tack strip it tends to leave a small hole where the concrete has been broken from the nails. It is not a complicated process but it can be time consuming.

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.