Cutting Up Old Carpet Tool

Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall.

Cutting up old carpet tool.

Instead of raking your blade across the carpet and through the padding to make a cut just make a 4 5 inch hole and use your fingers to pull the carpet up with one hand then cut the raised carpet. Don t jam the blade into the carpet too deeply. Then press down just enough to pierce the carpet s tough backing. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.

It offers you precise and accurate cut through carpets quickly without time. Although this isn t the tool that is most commonly used by professionals it is one that most people have sitting around the house. Video of me taking out some old carpet pad and tack strip to make way for new flooring. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips.

To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. I will probably replace the carpet with laminate or hardwood floor. The utility knife is the tool that most people think of first when the topic of carpet removal is brought up. Point the blade downward and touch the tip to your starting point on the carpet.

Cutting carpet is mostly a matter of getting through the backing which is the hard flat side that lays flush against the floor. The cutter has an extra long nose for better row separation plus a bottom platform and beveled surface that allows the cutter to stay straight. This carpet cutter is the ideal tool for cutting carpets accurately and efficiently. This video will take you through our step by step process on how to remove old carpet and padding.

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