Cutting Up Old Carpet Tool

This project is for all of us diyers who like to take matt.

Cutting up old carpet tool.

A utility knife is capable of cutting through carpet rather easily. I will probably replace the carpet with laminate or hardwood floor. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling. The carpet trimmer roberts carpet tools 10 616 2a 20 carpet cutting knife has a compact design that makes it alluring and convenient to use.

This video will take you through our step by step process on how to remove old carpet and padding. Then press down just enough to pierce the carpet s tough backing. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. Cutting carpet is mostly a matter of getting through the backing which is the hard flat side that lays flush against the floor.

Video of me taking out some old carpet pad and tack strip to make way for new flooring. The utility knife is the tool that most people think of first when the topic of carpet removal is brought up. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Don t jam the blade into the carpet too deeply.

To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Although this isn t the tool that is most commonly used by professionals it is one that most people have sitting around the house. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Instead of raking your blade across the carpet and through the padding to make a cut just make a 4 5 inch hole and use your fingers to pull the carpet up with one hand then cut the raised carpet.

The cutter has an extra long nose for better row separation plus a bottom platform and beveled surface that allows the cutter to stay straight.