If the pliers aren t cutting it you can also use a small crow bar to pry it back.
Throwing away old carpet.
Nothing dates a home more quickly than dingy or stained carpeting so if that spilled soft drink was the last straw you may be tempted to rip out that old carpeting right on the spot just so you.
This helps the furniture slide across a hardwood floor without you having to lift it.
Fresh flooring updates your home but removing the old leaves you with a large pile of often smelly and stained carpeting and padding.
Here are some ideas for reusing old carpet scraps.
Donate carpet in good condition to a nonprofit organization that accepts used home building materials to construct affordable housing.
Use pliers to grab the carpet and pull it away from the subfloor.
Carpets are full of complex fibers that make them impossible to break down in landfills.
Lay down old carpet in a vegetable garden to pull double duty as a weed mat and pathway.
If you reveal a carpet padding beneath keep it in place for now we ll tackle that later on.
And because carpet is made from multiple components with different chemical makeups it s tough to recycle properly.
Carpet is made from a combination of fibers plastics and chemicals that make it hard to break down in landfills.
Continue pulling until you ve separated the carpet entirely from one wall.
Cut it up into small pieces to place under the four legs of a heavy table or chair that needs to be moved.
Even if you don t want it you d be surprised how many people would love to purchase your rug.
Before dumping your old carpet or rug on the curb try cleaning it up to see if it can be reused.
Instead of adding the carpet to the landfill give it new purpose by recycling donating or selling it.