Easy Way To Remove Carpet Gripper

Place a chisel or crowbar under the carpet grippers.

Easy way to remove carpet gripper.

How to install carpet grippers. I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar to pry the carpet away from the tack strip. Gently pull up on the chisel or crowbar to free the grippers from the floor. Another way is to remove the carpet in larger pieces and cut it up somewhere else.

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. 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. They are very easy to nail or glue to a clean floor. Here is how i removed the carpet grippers in one room.

Removing a carpet strip in the doorway to prep for the installation of floor tile. Dispose of the carpet grippers staples and fasteners in the trash bag or can. I ve done this a number of times and as mary and agent say it is quite easy to do. 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.

Find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs. If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it. 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. Use pliers to pull any staples or fasteners used with the grippers if any are present from the floor.

Know what a manageable strip is. To remove carpet from stairs start at the top. A chisel with a fine sharp end that could get under the carpet gripper. The wood that s used for carpet grippers is quite thin and breaks quite easily.

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. 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.