How to replace carpet.
Easiest way to remove carpet staples.
Slide the tip of the heavy duty office stapler under the carpet staple.
Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips.
Most will find it easiest to start pulling from a corner.
How does it work.
Leave transitions for the installer.
Flooring installers don t use a cat s paw to remove staples after old carpet has been removed.
Sometimes one end of the staple may still be stuck in the wood.
Step 2 start pulling the carpet.
Cut the carpet where necessary to remove large strips of carpet at once.
Slowly scrape the staple liking you are trying to skim off a thin layer of dirt.
The first thing you need to do is figure out how many strips you ll need to cut.
Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling.
The staple remover that i used was bought for stripping upholstery but it made the job so much easier.
In that case use the pliers to fully remove the staple.
Spade end just did this today worked great.
Step 3 roll up the carpet.
Press down the handle to pop the staple out of the wood.
Simply unscrew the clamps at the juncture of horizontal and vertical and place the rod assembly in a safe place.
Carefully pry up a corner top or bottom and yank with intermittent pulls.
You can use your 6 in 1.
Depends on the staples used.
Step 1 cut the carpet into strips.
Carpet removal the easy way.
Apply leverage with the angled tip to pop the staples out.
The ordinary cat s paw is one of the most common ways to deal with staples in reclaimed lumber.
Pull cut and roll.
If your carpet is wrapped around the balusters it is probably cut in a place similar to the pink lines below.
The best way to remove staples from wood lumber and the cat s paw.
Respirators masks step 1.
Make preparations step 2.