Removing Rubber Backed Carpet From Concrete

Rubber mark stain removal cleaning tools and agents that may be needed.

Removing rubber backed carpet from concrete.

The room is 15 feet by 28 feet and the carpet was a direct glue down. I tore out the carpet and spread circa 1850 furniture stripper over 4ft x 4ft sections at a time. Soak the rubber or adhesive with water. Pour the solution on the carpet padding adhesive and let it sit for 30 minutes.

Solvents make scraping easier the residue left on the floor after you pull up an old carpet is usually latex the same rubber compound found in water based paint and it adheres with the. Rel noopener noreferrer this to cut the carpet up in the first place. Left it for 2 0r 3 minutes and then scraped it with a 4 inch scraper sharpened periodically just before the stripper dried. If you are worried about damaging the surface choose a plastic scraper that will be less likely to scratch the surface.

Steps to remove the rubber. Put on rubber gloves. Do only a very small portion to see if the mineral spirits and the scraper work without damaging the floor. The carpeting but there is a small problem.

So now we have the carpets removed but the cement floor is covered by about a 1 4 of an inch of rubber backing from the carpets. We ve decided to put ceramic tiles down in stead of carpeting but we can t seem to get the rubber off of the cement floor. The carpet was the rubber backed kind. As we removed the carpet the rubber backing detached from the carpeting and is still glued to the concrete floor.

Unfortunately many types of carpeting are best left for professional installation. Pour a small amount of your solvent on the exposed corner of the floor then use the floor scraper to gently remove the glued old foam backing from the area. Remove as much of the padding as possible using a putty knife or scraper. Dish detergent and two cups warm water in a bucket.

Adding new carpeting instantly changes the appearance of a room. My whole floor had rubber backed carpet glued to the concrete floor. A scraper like this to remove excess glue we have concrete subfloors in this room but it worked well on the plywood subfloors upstairs too. A prybar like this to remove the trim ours splintered into a thousand pieces when we removed it but with more substantial trim you can definitely put it back on.

If your vacuum cleaner is designed for dry carpet only do not vacuum the stained area until the removal procedure is finished and the carpet is dry. How to install rubber backed carpet. Mix a solution of one tsp. Wait several minutes then use the scraper to try to remove the rubber or adhesive.

Step 4 pull up as much carpet as possible by hand.