Rip Carpet Padding

It should be replaced even if it looks like it s in good shape.

Rip carpet padding.

This equals 48 to 72 per hour because it usually takes 3 hours to remove carpet from a 12 by 12 foot room including extracting the tack strips and staples. On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor. Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers. Remove carpet padding in sections like you did with the carpet.

When you ve torn off all the carpet and pad pull out all the staples with pliers. To remove them use a floor scraper. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out. The average hourly rate is 60 per hour so expect to pay 180 in total for a contractor to remove and dispose of 12 by.

It s a sign that the wood had been. According to angies list the carpet padding also known as a carpet cushion is a sheet of foam rubber or spongy material that is installed onto the floor prior to the carpet installation. In most cases padding is installed onto the plywood or particleboard subfloor by hundreds of staples. Carpet removal costs 1 to 1 50 per square foot including labor cleanup and waste disposal.

Rip up carpet in sections. Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet.