Lift Carpet Edge

Use your hands to lift up and detach the carpet from the tack strips at the base of the remaining walls in the.

Lift carpet edge.

Ask as assistant to help pull the edge of the carpet 3 feet away from the short wall. Carpet is stretched over tack strips using a kick stretcher or a power stretcher so if you pull the whole carpet it you risk losing that stretch. Wide to tuck the edge of the carpet down against the baseboard. Removing a carpet strip in the doorway to prep for the installation of floor tile.

To remove tack strip just pop it up with a flat pry bar. To avoid replacing the carpet before its time once the carpet begins to lift stretch it back into the tack strips or the threshold to prevent the carpet from fraying at the edges which can. Thus lok lift creates a secure installation that can be used over virtually any flooring surface including wood carpet concrete and vinyl. The installer needs a gap at least 1 4 in.

I did some work under our carpet and wound up pulling up too much and had to hire a company to come out and re stretch and tack it back down but if you re just pulling up a small corner you should be.