How To Remove Old Carpet Tack Strips From Concrete

How To Remove Old Carpet Tack Strips From Concrete Floors
When it's time to remove carpet tack strips from a concrete floor, it can seem pretty easy when watching someone else, but when you actually do it, it can feel challenging. The carpet nails that are fastened down into the concrete very tightly can be a nightmare.
How to remove carpet tack strip on concrete
Jonathan will be installing tile, but first he must prep the floor by disgarding the old carpet tack strips after removing the old carpet
Removing carpet tack strips
Want to know how to remove carpet tack strips Jonny's Way? Then stay tuned. He's going to advise you on the best tools and proper technique to remove carpet tack strips from concrete. With his technique you can expect to move faster, especially as a first timer.
Tool Used in video
Husky Paint Scraper tool: amzn.to/34Cm2OF

[@robinh8416]

Thank you. I have a basement that occasionally gets a little water so I’m not replacing carpet that got wet. I’m gonna paint the concrete a cute color and put down a nice area rug that I can pull up when big rains threaten to flood.

[@wellwithinrockwall8733]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@nicbertino1934]

Been a long time since I left a comment but I had to in order to say THANK YOU, we struggled for hours getting these out in our first room and anticipated many hours of pain going into the second room. I got a 3" scraper and we knocked it out in 30 minutes using this method and didn't crack any of the tack and didn't have any massive holes to fill. This worked better than a crowbar (we tried everything).

[@DS-ps6il]

Loved this technique! ❤

[@paulaskerston8792]

Thank you Jonnyz! Very helpful.

[@susanjohnson8056]

Thanks for the tip, it was very helpful

[@cocosaw75]

Thanks man! This tip saved me allot of time and frustration.

[@macoeur1122]

Wow! Much better than I did on my own. I'm gonna try YOUR method!

[@marcmelvin3010]

Thank you.

[@YouMadeMeLawn]

Flat head shovel, done in 20 minutes.

[@brandon10301991]

Spade shovel works better cause it has a point to wedge under.

[@MM-sq5pf]

You are too cool

[@jubjub444]

I use a crowbar, but yea. What do you do about concrete chipping from the nails and the holes the nails leave?

[@brandon10301991]

Put that scraper on a poll. You can do it standing up.

[@donaldjunior2901]

Use a metal scraper a standing one if I seen one of my helpers doing it that way I would fire them

[@jamesrock4274]

yea doing it for a weak maybe this system sucks use air hammer

[@straightshooter9784]

Well, this doesn’t work if they used a sh@#*load of liquid nails.

[@georgeblank2648]

Wrong tool for the job