Easy Way To Remove Carpet Staples

This video will show you the fastest way to remove staples from your floor when taking out carpet.

Easy way to remove carpet staples.

The very flat tip of the heavy duty office stapler will slide under carpet staples easily. Instead they ve developed a smart efficient way to remove staples with a shovel or long handled floor scraper. However a set of pliers flathead screwdriver and a 6 in 1 painter s tool are helpful to have on hand too. In this video i share how to remove carpet padding staples without loosing your mind be sure to subscribe for more tips and tricks about the carpet and floor.

Subflooring and shovels flooring installers don t use a cat s paw to remove staples after old carpet has been removed there are just too many of them. Hold the tool at about a 45 degree angle and slide it forcefully along the floor. The best tool for removing carpet staples is a heavy duty office stapler. Roll up the strips and tape them for easy handling.

To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. How do i avoid damaging the finish on the hardwood. Fold the carpet over for easy cutting and slice it into narrow strips. I found that there s staples everywhere and have been using a mini pry bar but this is there an easy way to remove staples in subfloor from carpet padding.

Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.