Step 2 start pulling the carpet.
How to take off carpet nail strips.
This should pop the nail out of the floor.
After pulling up 30 year old tack strips some nails came out clean while others ripped out 2 holes i patched with quikrete quick setting cement no.
According to the manufacturer i would only have to wait 7 days before staining with my water based stain 30 days if they had been oil based.
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Removing tackless strips is a job requiring a certain amount of patience and care if you do not intend on refinishing the floor.
Step 1 position the pry bar as close to the bottom edge of the tack strip as possible.
Carpet removal the easy way.
Locate a nail head on top of the tack strip.
How to remove metal carpet nail strips.
Removing these strips that once held your carpet is the most tedious part of carpet removal.
If the old carpet was installed over a hardwood floor that you now want to restore slide a wide.
Hit the other end of the pry bar gently with a hammer.
Most will find it easiest to start pulling from a corner.
Step 3 roll up the carpet.
The trick is to use a cat s paw prybar and to remove all the nails holding each tackless strip.
After pulling up your carpet you will most likely have tack strips left around the perimeter of the room.
The first thing you need to do is figure out how many strips you ll need to cut.
If the floor is.