Use pliers to tightly grab the carpet.
Take off carpet.
Carpet may cost money to dispose of so shop.
When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall.
Move the furniture out of the area where you.
Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall.
Also removing glued carpet can cost up to 5 per square yard or 0 56 per square foot.
Decide the final goal of your remodeling.
Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.
Carpet pads are typically installed with either staples or glue.
Some older houses have.
Figure out how you will dispose of the old carpet before you pull it up.
Removing existing carpet costs between 1 and 2 per square yard and your minimum charge will be around 150 to 200.
Do you want to save what s underneath the carpet.
If yours used the latter you ll have a fair amount of scraping ahead of you to get the old glue off.