Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall.
Easy way to remove carpet staples.
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Hold the tool at about a 45 degree angle and slide it forcefully along the floor.
The very flat tip of the heavy duty office stapler will slide under carpet staples easily.
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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.
I just ripped out my carpet and padding in my dining room and putting in engineered hardwood lock and fold bruce.
How do i avoid damaging the finish on the hardwood.
Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.
The best tool for removing carpet staples is a heavy duty office stapler.
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.
However a set of pliers flathead screwdriver and a 6 in 1 painter s tool are helpful to have on hand too.
Instead they ve developed a smart efficient way to remove staples with a shovel or long handled floor scraper.