Easy Way To Remove Carpet Gripper

Removing a carpet strip in the doorway to prep for the installation of floor tile.

Easy way to remove carpet gripper. I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar to pry the carpet away from the tack strip. A carpet gripper also referred to as a tack strip is a long strip of wood about 1 4 inch thick and 1 inch wide that contains several sharp pins or tacks. Gently pull up on the chisel or crowbar to free the grippers from the floor. How to install carpet grippers.

Use pliers to pull any staples or fasteners used with the grippers if any are present from the floor. Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the staples holding it in place from underneath green arrow below. I ve done this a number of times and as mary and agent say it is quite easy to do. A chisel with a fine sharp end that could get under the carpet gripper.

If you are completely re doing the flooring of a room to go from carpet to wood flooring or to lay sound proofing for example you might need to remove the old carpet grippers. If the carpet is seamed to another section of carpet the installer can separate the seam without damage to the carpet that s staying in place. I used a chisel rather than a screwdriver to lever out the gripper rods because i found the angled end was easier to push under the rods and i could happily bash the handle end of. Another way is to remove the carpet in larger pieces and cut it up somewhere else.

Removing a carpet strip in the doorway to prep for the installation of floor tile. Installing new carpeting may seem like a job best left to the professionals but it s something you can do on your own with the right tools. Carpet grippers also called tack strips are thin wood boards used to pin carpeting in place. Place a chisel or crowbar under the carpet grippers.

Dispose of the carpet grippers staples and fasteners in the trash bag or can. Find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs. The roll you produce must be something you can lift and move and it must fit in whatever vehicle will be used to transport the old carpet away. Here is how i removed the carpet grippers in one room.

The wood that s used for carpet grippers is quite thin and breaks quite easily. If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it.