Carpet Padding Glued Down

Soften stubborn carpet glue with heat.

Carpet padding glued down.

The floor needs to be very smooth. The pad however has been glued down and it isn t your normal pad. If you can t conquer all the carpet glue with elbow grease alone move on to heat which will soften the dried adhesive making it easier to scrape. Trying to pull it up just results in ripping off a little bit leaving some of it glued to the floor.

As i shared a few weeks ago when we began pulling up the carpet in our family room we were met with a most unfortunate surprise under the carpet and carpet pad was another layer of carpet. Sharing a tutorial on the most effective way to remove glued down carpet after testing five different methods. Carpet can be directly glued to the floor or carpet can be glued to a pad that is itself glued to the floor. Direct glue down carpet installation direct glue down installation is the most popular carpet installation in commercial settings.

When one strip of carpet pad is completed move on to the next strip. It s the same thickness give or take but more like moderately dense foam. Going to tear up the carpet pad and put in hardwood. Apply glue to another section of the floor and unroll the carpet pad onto the new glue.

In this type of installation the carpet is glued directly to the floor. Carpet installers use strong mastic that doesn t deteriorate when they glue down carpets and they often use more than is really needed both of which spell bad news for you when you want to remove the carpet. Pulling up the carpet and scraping underneath with a paint scraper to beak the glue bond is tedious work and wetting the carpet to loosen the adhesive may cause it to break into pieces. Step 6 continue applying glue and unrolling the carpet pad until the entire pad is glued down.