I'm a 13 year old girl and I did this to my room all by myself. It wasn't hard. The difference though is it was concrete under the carpet, and there were nails instead of staples which made it easy for me. I am studying to be an interior designer and a architect. My first project will be my own home. I have to go to Lowe's and decide what I should use for the floor.🖌💼💳📅📌🛠🏘 (random emojis😂)
Im f14 and I finally got tired of my parents saying "they'd do it eventually" so I finally decided to do it myself! This was a very simple video that helped me a lot and it wasn't confusing at all!!! Turns out I already had beautiful cherry wood underneath that ugly carpet!
I almost had same thing lol beautiful old wood floor, I had to sand my ass off.., it had some staining from liquids, so , I picked a darker stain to match the stains..then polyurethane the hell out of it. I left the nails and nail holes for character. The house was over 100 years old. I'm ALOT older but my first project.i did..
Hey, I'm a 63yr old woman in SW England - just about to get my living room redecorated and new carpet, first time in 20 years. Big upheaval needing lots of effort shifting book cases, furniture etc. The carpet estimator came yesterday, they can remove the carpet but will charge me and your video has inspired me to do it myself. I'd already had a little peep under the corner of the carpet and sussed out what I needed to do. It's a gross, manky carpet and needs to go. I'm gonna be the one who takes it out and away, ready for the nice new one coming soon. Cheaper than moving house lol. Thanks for your inspiration.
@@CatherineMartin-kz7cp On an £1800 new carpet estimate, I was quoted around £80 for carpet/underlay removal and disposal & yes, they do take it away. I've now taken up the old carpet & underlay which was quick and quite easy if you use a Stanley knife to cut it into strips about 120cm wide. The rolls fitted into the back of my car with the seats down and I took them to the local recycling centre. The worst bit by far is getting the gripper rods up round the edges - esp as they were hammered into a concrete floor. Be very careful of your eyes (wear protection) and your hands too.
It's a really good idea to wear eye protection and long sleeves during this process. Have a relative who got some padding in her eye and ended up in the emergency room with nasty results. Also a buddy and I got an itchy reaction from skin contact with the padding during removal. Bad stuff.
Okay, I am a 60 year old widow that now lives in a mobile home. You have completely inspired me that I can do this! My mobile home is actually a 1970 home, and I am ready to really make it mine. Thanks so much for the help. My place is not big, so I really feel that this is something I can do.
I am also 60 years old and I'm a widow and yeah I am trying to do the carpet the rest of the carpet it's in the dining room area where I have my freezers and two big shelves wish me luck my hands are not very strong I have arthritis but I'm going to tough it through and see if I can't do it
Home Depot calls it a "industrial floor scraper" and it's truly a lifesaver. It will yank out a majority of the staples. The few staples it doesn't catch, you can go back and pull manually with pliers. Try to scrape WITH the wood grain so you don't take chunks out of your sub floor.
Thank you 🙌🙌 tired of waiting around for people to help me with this stuff. After watching this I'm pretty sure I can do it all myself. Carpet is coming up tomorrow
Very well explained! You make it look easy. Your carpet looks new. Mine was disgusting with pet stains. Suggest next time you list the tools we'll need at the beginning. Box cutter, duct tape, gloves, etc. Thank you!
Almost 8 years ago you made this & this is still the easiest video I’ve seen . Pulling my carpet up to put dont the peel & stick vinyl flooring & you just made it sooo much easier.
I’ve been installing carpet for 7 years and the best way to remove the staples and tack strips is to scrape them up with a stand up scraper, it’s faster and way easier on the body but great vide 👍🏽
We've lived in our house for 10 years and after 10 years of nagging, I'm going to have to do this stuff myself. So thanks for the nice, clear instructions. I'm going to get started on this in a couple of days. Not looking forward to those staples though :-D
@Lauralee LA Brie Oh wow!!! Is it just cracked, or is it broken into chunks? You can put down a skim coat of new concrete if it isn't broken into big wobbly chunks. At least I think you could.
Thank you for this great very clear tutorial! I was able to do a room in an hour. Using your technique. And course help from Jesus to push me to do it!. Thank you again.
One tip I saw on another video, was using a floor scraper to take the staples out of the floor. Much faster and easier. I like the folding and cutting and then taping up the sections to be hauled out. Great tips, thanks!
70s?? Was it shag ?? I bet that was nasty . Just doing my house I got and the carpet is nasty and was down since 2009 and it was bad bad . I can’t imagine 1970s lol .
Thanks so much for this - especially the folding/cutting method! I managed to clear 2 bedrooms, 2 hallways and a staircase of carpet and underlay in just a few hours!
Wow, 28yr old woman here and am so impressed by the young gals in the comments! Am going to attempt this and I’ve definitely gotten my confidence boosted! Thanks for the video ❤
Its amazing how many things I have either learned or saved timed doing after just one or two video's. This was one of them. The tip to start in the corner was great as the carpet I was removed was significantly thicker and heavier than I expected and despite my planning on doing sections, by removing the corner of my chosing and then taking it from there, gave me complete freedom to complete this task very efficiently. As for the staples, I used up using a spade shovel and saved a lot of time although I was shocked as how many I kept finding thereafter. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for this video, I managed to remove carpet in 3 rooms all by myself. Thank you for the tips. The staple removing is very tedious and you get knee pain, but it saved us some money
If you're a DIYer, if you have a hoe (garden tool, not a reference to another human), that works great to scrape up staples. I myself am a contractor and have a stand up scraper, if you're not opposed to spending $30 on one, that's the way to go. Also, no need to fold your carpet over, 95% of the time you can just release it from the tackstrip around the entire perimeter and cut the top of the carpet into strips. The only time you will have diffuculty cutting through the top is if you're carpet is so old it is saturated with dirt, or you didn't vacuum first, which I recommend doing.
Great video, thanks for making this. You really broke it down into simple terms and I was able to clear out my basement's nasty carpet in a single day's work. I know this is almost 10 years old now but I'm going to be looking through your other videos for more DIY instrux.
Cutting the carpet into smaller pieces was my Tip of the Video. 🤔 I’ll remember that. 😃 I’m about to start a DIY remodeling project to save some 💸💰💸. After the carpeted rooms are finished, the kitchen and cabinets should be easy to remove. Thanks for sharing a very helpful video.
Wow, you made the steps so easy, gave clear instruction and the video is not long! I am a single mom with a house to run and repair on my own and now I will be able to handle some of these tasks on my own! thank you!!
Thank you for this easy video on how to remove carpet. We made sure we had all the tools you suggested. We recently removed old carpet after many years. Your video was a tremendous help. Thank you again.
Thank you! A few months ago, we moved into a 1970's house where the previous owner had taken excellent care of the carpets so we considered keeping them. Well, our adorable cats and dogs had different decor plans and have systematically destroyed them. Thanks pals! So now we are gonna remove the bedroom carpet today. We've done this in our old apartment but did it in such a stupid way so my wife found this and sent it to me. Ah, yes. This is much more sensible than how we went about it lol. Thank you!
Thank you for this. I just bought a house and I've been dreading doing this by myself. I kept telling myself I should just hire someone, but then I saw this video! WOO!! Gracias!
Thanks, I recently bought my first home and have had to learn things as I go, so this helps a ton. I'd love to see a how-to on doing laminate flooring, as that is hopefully going to be the next big project.
I just used this today as a guide to tear out the carpet from one of the bedrooms in the house. The washer machine is on the other side of the wall and the tube was leaking and cause water to get through the wall and a good piece of the carpet. It’s a manufactured home and there’s no drywall and i saw it on time to avoid mold but had to tear out all the padding and carpet. I’ve been wanting to take it out anyway, I can’t stand carpet in a bedroom. It’s 2023. Parquet and a rug if you really desire that carpet feeling. Edit: almost forgot to say THANK YOU !! 😂 don’t know if you still have access to this channel but I appreciate you
Thanks for the tips! I followed your video this morning and pulled up all the carpet, padding and carpet tacks in 2nd bedroom. I was well prepared, had all my tools, went smoothly, and there were only a few staples I had to pull out thankfully.
This video was very helpful! I bought my first house in October and have been putting off refinishing the original 1920s hardwood floor (in one of the bedrooms that the previous owner had carpeted and then removed the carpet but left the staples and tack strips--go figure). I wasn't sure where to begin for the staple removal. Thanks!
Thank goodness for guys like this guy can teach guys like me how to do a great job feathered by great techniques that keep the job practical. Thanks!!!
I really like how this prepares for certain conditions, so can avoid it later on. I was just planning on removing the carpet and putting in wooden floors. But this has made take chance to fix the imperfections of the dump of a house I have to live in. Unlike my useless father (which I am sympathetic towards despite for his barbaric behaviour) I am going to fix the house. I am unable to continue living the same way without changing.
Installing carpet is more work than you originally imagined. "Saving money" comes after proper removal and disposal of waste. And waste comes in loads. Be ready. The bill can be huge. Take time to evaluate the cost and benefit of having a company do the work, you can save a lot of time/money doing the work yourself. It's rewarding too
This is very helpful, thank you! I helped remove carpet years and years ago. But I wanted to make sure I know how to do it properly and have the right tools before I dive in head first. The carpet I'm dealing with is very disgusting. We took in a house from a deceased family member who was disabled and had, we'll just say.. hygiene problems.. Not to mention there was also dog-related "samples" on the carpet. Now to decide whether to put in more carpet or wood flooring!
Newsflash: if you buy a new house, usually built by contractors or commercial builders, anything that wasn't built for "yourself", it will have substandard EVERYTHING! Corners will have been cut everywhere. Sure, it'll look nice but you'll soon be redoing everything. This is how houses with carpet came about. No sane person with even modest mental faculties would install carpet in their own house. Carpet is an abomination :-) Or aluminum wiring. Or substandard electric panels, etc. Codes won't save you from everything.
I use a medium size spackle tool to get under those hard to grab staples. And I use the same spackle trowel or whatever it's called to get under the carpet tack, followed by a flathead screwdriver to pry each section up. It's a lot easier than trying to hammer a crowbar underneath!
Good tips on carpet removal. I tell my customers to screw down the floor squeaks with two inch drywall or deck screws. Nails tend to slide up and down over time. I live on the east coast where winter and summer cause your house to expand and contract with weather changes. And nails get loose and slip over time. Thank you for your input on carpet removal. It was very helpful. And I recommend your channel for this information. 🖖🏽 Live Long and Prosper. 🖖🏽
I am 69 years old and rent an old farmhouse. I caused a patch in the hallway to rot the carpet (its a long story.) I bought some good unused carpet at a place where you buy all kinds of junk. I want to rip up the whole of the ruined carpet area (about 6 feet x 4 feet) and replace it. I cannot understand though why would one need to rip up the underlay if one is going to lay new carpet on it? I am not in the pink of health and the whole thing is daunting to me. I have no one to help me, but I think I may be able to borrow the tools and get the job done. Thanks for your clear advice.
Boy am i glad your here im going to be needing you help , thank you so much for being there im a older gal but i dig working on my shack , i am a widow, all i have is this old double wide trailor but its just like a house on a huge lot the ocean is out front and the national forest is out my back door ,i eventually want to build a smaller home here on this lot ,and i will, but first i want to fix this up for some income like a rental its way to large for me but like everything its getting old and needs some repair ,nothings serious,so far i saw your carpet video and you look honest and kind , i promise i wont bug you ,just learn from you , i half to, thank you.Terri Marx ,Alaska
you can keep the baseboards in place and space the laminate accordingly, e.g. leave 1/4" gap between laminate and baseboards. BUT read the laminate directions for specific spacing. Then you can cover that space with shoe molding, e.g. quarter round or smaller.
Oh this video is right up my alley, both in it's simple logic & easy to follow, step by step tutorial. I'm about to remove our soiled carpet from our loungeroom area & i will remove it in sections. Thanks for sharing & all the best to you & to all.
I've used a cordless angle grinder to cut away the staples. A simple, quick touch of the spinning wheel was plenty to eliminate each staple from the surface. It left some scars on the subfloor, but nothing that would affect the subsequent installation of flooring.
sunny sunshinee Well the point is to tear stuff up. Putting the new carpet on, Maybe get some help or a pro. It's not that hard, but it's pretty easy to mess up on the cutting.
That's the fun part is messing up. Then you learn from the mistakes. I have taken the carpet out of my kitchen, bathroom, laundry room and a small walk in closet. For some reason the previous owner carpeted the entire house and with my two boys those areas had to go. Lamite floors were way easier to clean. I did most of it with out my husband's help while he was at work. It's just getting over that fear of failure or not looking good. I started my carpet riping up in the small walk in closet. It helped boost my confidence to do the bigger rooms. Plus it's cheaper to fix a small room than a larger room if do make mistakes cutting. Have a great day 🙂
