✅ Tools used in this how to remove carpet tack strips video: ✅ Estwing Handy Bar Nail Puller - 15" Pry Bar: amzn.to/2Ke5vvr ✅ Estwing Ultra Series Hammer - 19 oz: amzn.to/2WUZR2z ✅ Estwing Pro Claw Moulding Puller - 10" Pry Bar: amzn.to/2YTwm36 ✅ Tooluxe 00883L Scraping Blade Hammer End: amzn.to/2D4Kn4H
Thank you. I needed to save some money. I watched your video … ran to purchase the Estwing pry bar. I'm a 58 year old female. And I actually did it! It is easy. I owe it all to you. Thank you so much and God Bless you.
Perfection! I came looking for a tutorial after struggling to removing carpet tacks. After watching, I was able to finish the whole room in about 1/2 the time that it took me to remove the first quarter of the strips. Thank you!
Some concrete floors are weak and when you pull the nails, the concrete will break and crater bad. Take your hammer and grab the nail between the claw.. Pull the hammer toward the claw to pry the nail.. Less crater.
Dude! I was struggling getting the nails out the concrete even with the pry bar. Watched your video and all I can say is THANK YOU!!! They’re popping right out now 😗
Fantastic - thank you so much for sharing your professional information! I'm at exactly this stage and was concerned about the little bits of concrete breaking when lifting a nail.
Jeff, thank you very much for posting this video. Definitely enlightened me on how to do this and helped me get two houses done myself. Save me a lot of money doing the demo.
I’m so glad to have found this video! I purchased a wonder bar and did a quick search before removing tack strips from the wood floor in my bedroom. I’m sure removing them will be much easier now that I know how to properly use my tools! Thanks again!
Jeff, is it necessary to fill the concrete craters left from the nail pops with self leveling cement before laying an underlayment and vinyl plank floor?
No, it's not necessary to fill the craters, they're small enough to not cause any issues. If they're bigger than 2 inches or so then I'd consider it. But generally it should be ok
I don't, there's usually no reason to, they are relatively small and not too deep. If you;re tiling, they just get filled in with tile thin set. If you are installing wood flooring, you roll down an underlayment over the concrete floor then the wood planks, so you will never see nor feel these holes.
@@klodianhatia908 No we install vinyl planks all the time and don't fill in the holes. The planks will be plenty rigid once you click in a few rows. Those small nail holes are not big enough to be felt through the underlayment and planks, or even a vinyl tile without and underlayment.
removing carpet myself for wood planking. very informative video. thank you. :) only thing i don't like is the damage to the concrete from taking out the nails. what can i use the fill in those holes? so there aren't any gaps in the flooring.
@@jeffostroff I put instant cement patch on I didn't want to risk something heavy like a bunk bed or a dresser potentially depressing that area even if the chance was rare. Went well though half way through putting the flooring in. :). Just have to get nee baseboard.
Well, I did remove my tack strips with a screw driver - the WRONG way! I did get all the wood up. My problem was getting all the nails up, now I know what to tool to go out to get them up. Nice to know this for the other 2 bedrooms that need carpeting removed. Thanks for advising on that tool - great video! One other problem I have is small patches of padding I just cant remove. Should I use a chemical as seen on other videos or is there a tool for that too? I sure hope so! I have had concrete flooring for far too long!
I would try a thick floor scraper, not the thin flexible putty knife type, but try a 5 in one tool, something rigid with a blade to scrape that padding up off the concrete.
Thank you for the video. Before finding your video, I was doing it the wrong way with a screwdriver and hammer. The crow bar worked wonderfully! Best $10 I ever spent (for crow bar)!
Yes! Glad to help out, and this also proves that the right tool for the task can be a game changer. Congrats on getting your carpet tack strips up DIY!
jeffostroff Now that I have removed the tack strips from my hardwood floors, I discovered there’s old paint along the perimeter of the room. It’s approx 1/2 inch wide from the paint brush swiping the floor when they painted the baseboards. Do you have any DIY recommendations on how to remove this 20 year old paint without it turning into a major job?
@@drucker71 Why do you need to remove the paint? Are you planning on sanding the hardwood floors, and trying to renew the old floor? If that is the case, I think sanding is the only option.
jeffostroff I removed the carpeting and prefer my beautiful wood floors. I’m doing it all myself and wanted to avoid a major project as there’s still furniture in the room. So the paint along the perimeter is now visible and I don’t like it. Despite being a novice, I’m ok with removing it myself but not sure what product will do the trick.
Once the mail is removed from concrete and the little “crater” is left behind do I just leave as is or put some type of sealant like caulk or anything?
What methods or different ideas did you use for your DIY flooring project to remove the carpet tack strips? Let us know below in the comments, and also post your questions you have on your DIY project.
There was a U-shaped Power nail underneath my carpet tack strips by the sliding door where i started. Do i need to remove those power nails , or are they structural? Was not sure If they were part of the carpet strip, or part of the floor beneath.?
My dad and I have been fixing up a house my parents bought. We've been pulling up carpet tack strips, but it keeps pulling up concrete with it. Any advice?
This method didn’t work to well for mine. My tack strips are thinner looking and really tacked to the floor. My back was starting to hurt. But thank you. I saw a chisel method I will go to my local home improvement store and ask for their suggestions.
My basement was wet so strips are brittle. Strips are doubled and glued down. Left all kinds of wood behind wood is rotten. I am going to try the pry bar method but the glued is really hard to get one piece
@@jeffostroff thank you I still have two walls and a lot of splinters left behind. Going to hardware store now. Got to get the basement ready Thanksgiving is coming😃
Sometimes we get nickel or quarter sized or even silver dollar sized holes there's no need to fix them there's absolutely no reason to because the planks will just go right over them. But if you really want to you could get some concrete mix and just mix up a batch and Lovell off the little craters.
In this house, the tack strips have 0 space to put that bar under it. I have to use a paint scraper or something to create a little gap then use the bar. 😢
I use a stand up scraper the same one that I'll use to remove pads Staples I like to be off my knees as much as possible it will only takes a few minutes I've been doing this for 16 years your wasting you're time knees and money if you do it any other way and fill the holes it should only take you about 3 minutes after the floor swept up of course
I don't but I would think a flooring supply house would have it . A large red scraper with a sixth inch replaceable blade would be easy enough to find note have had mine forever and recently have purchased another hopefully they're available in the area. You have to throw the blade out a little bit to use it on wood it will dig into the subfloor at first until it dulls out a little bit but after that you should be fine I've never replaced the blade of mine I have sharpened one for a glue down job one time I I hope that helps
This is BAD advice. DO NOT pry up. The nail will take portions of concrete with and leave a "crater" like he says, which creates more repair work. The efficient way is to use the crow bar against the nail and TAP with a hammer until you jiggle the nail, and it frees up. Very little concrete is disturbed, the strip is more likely to stay in one piece, and you won't have small bits flying at your face from the prying he recommends. Do your own research and even try it yourself.
what you just said is what we were doing, we slide under the head of the nail and it pulls up. Often times we encounter rust nails that break rather than jiggle up. There are often broken or soggy sections from water damage where the wood pulls up and around and you are stuck with a nail poking up. Yes they often leave a crater when you do, but they are small and don't effect any other flooring efforts.
Those are good too, how wide is yours? Only problem is the nail spacing they used under the tack stip, whether you can get it between the nails or not. I like the leverage that the demo bar gives because you give it a love tape and now it's wedged around the nail head. They also make a specialized tool for tack strips also.
@@jeffostroffThey are 9 inches wide. You slam them into the tack strip at the nails, and they come right up! The overall length with the handle is 51 inches. No bending over, except for a few nails that don't pop up! So much better than getting on your knees!
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✅ Tools used in this how to remove carpet tack strips video:
✅ Estwing Handy Bar Nail Puller - 15" Pry Bar: amzn.to/2Ke5vvr
✅ Estwing Ultra Series Hammer - 19 oz: amzn.to/2WUZR2z
✅ Estwing Pro Claw Moulding Puller - 10" Pry Bar: amzn.to/2YTwm36
✅ Tooluxe 00883L Scraping Blade Hammer End: amzn.to/2D4Kn4H
Thank you. I needed to save some money. I watched your video … ran to purchase the Estwing pry bar. I'm a 58 year old female. And I actually did it! It is easy. I owe it all to you.
Thank you so much and God Bless you.
Katherine, awesome, glad to see you empowered!
Nothing easy about this task
Perfection! I came looking for a tutorial after struggling to removing carpet tacks. After watching, I was able to finish the whole room in about 1/2 the time that it took me to remove the first quarter of the strips. Thank you!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
Some concrete floors are weak and when you pull the nails, the concrete will break and crater bad. Take your hammer and grab the nail between the claw.. Pull the hammer toward the claw to pry the nail.. Less crater.
Thank you!! I removed a basement full of these dang strips and I thought I wasn’t going to be able to do it until after your video. Huge help!
Awesome, glad to help out, and thanks for watching Sarah!
God Bless you. That's where I'm at.You've inspired me Sarah. Lol 💕
Me too!
Dude! I was struggling getting the nails out the concrete even with the pry bar. Watched your video and all I can say is THANK YOU!!! They’re popping right out now 😗
Glad I could help!
Fantastic - thank you so much for sharing your professional information! I'm at exactly this stage and was concerned about the little bits of concrete breaking when lifting a nail.
Just what I needed. All the do’s and don’ts. Very clear. Your a gem 😊
Glad it helped Linda!
Jeff, thank you very much for posting this video. Definitely enlightened me on how to do this and helped me get two houses done myself. Save me a lot of money doing the demo.
Glad it helped thanks for watching Mark!
I’m so glad to have found this video! I purchased a wonder bar and did a quick search before removing tack strips from the wood floor in my bedroom. I’m sure removing them will be much easier now that I know how to properly use my tools! Thanks again!
Erin LeBrubes That is awesome. Let us know if you gat all your tack strips to come up OK. Don't forget, try to pull each tack strip up intact.
Great video! Used a round nose shovel to loosen the strip then the handy bar to pull nails up!
Jeff, is it necessary to fill the concrete craters left from the nail pops with self leveling cement before laying an underlayment and vinyl plank floor?
Can anyone answer this question
That’s what I came here for
No, it's not necessary to fill the craters, they're small enough to not cause any issues. If they're bigger than 2 inches or so then I'd consider it. But generally it should be ok
This video is a life saver!! Saved me so much anguish :) What is the $30 tool you use to get rid of the remaining nails stuck in concrete?
Glad to help Rachel!
great video. How do you fill up the holes left by the nails please?
I don't, there's usually no reason to, they are relatively small and not too deep. If you;re tiling, they just get filled in with tile thin set. If you are installing wood flooring, you roll down an underlayment over the concrete floor then the wood planks, so you will never see nor feel these holes.
jeffostroff , I am putting vinyl planks. Do I need to fill those holes at all?
@@klodianhatia908 No we install vinyl planks all the time and don't fill in the holes. The planks will be plenty rigid once you click in a few rows. Those small nail holes are not big enough to be felt through the underlayment and planks, or even a vinyl tile without and underlayment.
jeffostroff , great thank you for your help 👍
Thanks I was wondering the same thing!
Exactly what I needed to know about what to do if the nailhead breaks off. Thank you!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
Thank you Jeff, for listing the part about if they use glue. That's the obstacle I've run into.
Gotta go old school on it now!
removing carpet myself for wood planking. very informative video. thank you. :) only thing i don't like is the damage to the concrete from taking out the nails. what can i use the fill in those holes? so there aren't any gaps in the flooring.
I don't bother to fill in the holes, no need to. But if you want to just get a small bag of cement, mix it up, and trowel over the craters
@@jeffostroff I put instant cement patch on I didn't want to risk something heavy like a bunk bed or a dresser potentially depressing that area even if the chance was rare. Went well though half way through putting the flooring in. :). Just have to get nee baseboard.
Well, I did remove my tack strips with a screw driver - the WRONG way! I did get all the wood up. My problem was getting all the nails up, now I know what to tool to go out to get them up. Nice to know this for the other 2 bedrooms that need carpeting removed. Thanks for advising on that tool - great video!
One other problem I have is small patches of padding I just cant remove. Should I use a chemical as seen on other videos or is there a tool for that too? I sure hope so! I have had concrete flooring for far too long!
I would try a thick floor scraper, not the thin flexible putty knife type, but try a 5 in one tool, something rigid with a blade to scrape that padding up off the concrete.
Excellent video ! I sent it to my daughter who was trying to use a paint can lid opener and butter knife 🤣
Thank you Jeff for this great helpful video. Paula
Glad you enjoyed it Paula!
you just saved us so many hours of unnecessary labor! thank you.
Glad I could help Maddy!
I use a rotary hammer, but I've been installing for 32 years. There is usually a smaller hole if you knock them out as opposed to prying them.
How do you do that? Video possible? :)
Thank you for the video. Before finding your video, I was doing it the wrong way with a screwdriver and hammer. The crow bar worked wonderfully! Best $10 I ever spent (for crow bar)!
Yes! Glad to help out, and this also proves that the right tool for the task can be a game changer. Congrats on getting your carpet tack strips up DIY!
jeffostroff Now that I have removed the tack strips from my hardwood floors, I discovered there’s old paint along the perimeter of the room. It’s approx 1/2 inch wide from the paint brush swiping the floor when they painted the baseboards. Do you have any DIY recommendations on how to remove this 20 year old paint without it turning into a major job?
@@drucker71 Why do you need to remove the paint? Are you planning on sanding the hardwood floors, and trying to renew the old floor? If that is the case, I think sanding is the only option.
jeffostroff I removed the carpeting and prefer my beautiful wood floors. I’m doing it all myself and wanted to avoid a major project as there’s still furniture in the room. So the paint along the perimeter is now visible and I don’t like it. Despite being a novice, I’m ok with removing it myself but not sure what product will do the trick.
jeffostroff By the way, I REALLY appreciate your prompt responses!!
Once the mail is removed from concrete and the little “crater” is left behind do I just leave as is or put some type of sealant like caulk or anything?
Great video! Very concise. Thank you very much. 👍
Glad it was helpful!
@@jeffostroff It was! :-)
Thanks, helped out👍
Glad it helped, thanks for watching lowridingtrucks88
What methods or different ideas did you use for your DIY flooring project to remove the carpet tack strips?
Let us know below in the comments, and also post your questions you have on your DIY project.
Same. It’s just logic but your video is great too
Thanks Jeff!
you are welcome, glad to help freyja
ok advice taken, thanks dude
Any time!
Ill try that tyvm! I was pulling like a regular nail and got creators 😢😢
There was a U-shaped Power nail underneath my carpet tack strips by the sliding door where i started. Do i need to remove those power nails , or are they structural? Was not sure If they were part of the carpet strip, or part of the floor beneath.?
They are not part of the carpet strip unless it is in the way, no need to remove it. Maybe you can tap it down to a low profile
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thank you! Well done!
Carol thank you for watching and you are quite welcome
Very dangerous removing these tacks. Face protection mandatory. These things break free at the speed of a bullet.
That's why you are supposed to pry them up gently exactly as we show you in the video.
Got a job in lake Charles doing flooring after hurricane Laura. And never done flooring but now I know lol
Awesome, be sure to watch our other videos on installing wood flooring.
Ugh....
Too late...
I pulled my tack strip using a flathead...made big craters in my concrete....
Ill look now how to fill those holes..ugh
If they are an inch wide or so I usually don't bother filling them in.
Josephine Fuentez , how do you fill up the holes? With other concrete?
Thanks Jeff.
Hope thus helps you out, let us know if it worked for you.
My dad and I have been fixing up a house my parents bought. We've been pulling up carpet tack strips, but it keeps pulling up concrete with it. Any advice?
Are you using this method now?
@@RogerPack well we finished the project about a year ago. Pretty sure we used the method, but it was still pulling up some concrete.
This method didn’t work to well for mine. My tack strips are thinner looking and really tacked to the floor. My back was starting to hurt. But thank you. I saw a chisel method I will go to my local home improvement store and ask for their suggestions.
I hope they did not glue them to the floor. Try a linoleum floor scraper like the Floor Bully 6 in. Flooring Scraper homedepot.sjv.io/PXAKN
Where did you see a chisel method? :)
@@RogerPack this was 4yrs ago I don’t remember
If you're not replacing the tack strip, just hammer the nail flush to the concrete. No divots . no holes to fill in later.
With a nail setter ?
Remove the strip first?
Ever heard of a hammer.@@JosepGee
My basement was wet so strips are brittle. Strips are doubled and glued down. Left all kinds of wood behind wood is rotten. I am going to try the pry bar method but the glued is really hard to get one piece
Yes I have come across many water damaged strips, I hate that! Sometimes a rigid floor scraper can help with that.
@@jeffostroff thank you I still have two walls and a lot of splinters left behind. Going to hardware store now. Got to get the basement ready Thanksgiving is coming😃
6:45 myself and my dog were enjoying this video.
6:49 my dog ran away.
LOL. That was a loud thunderstorm
How do you fix the holes that are left, especially if they’re big holes?
Sometimes we get nickel or quarter sized or even silver dollar sized holes there's no need to fix them there's absolutely no reason to because the planks will just go right over them. But if you really want to you could get some concrete mix and just mix up a batch and Lovell off the little craters.
Must be low grade concrete if you can get something that was put in with gunpowder out with a gentle pull.
In this house, the tack strips have 0 space to put that bar under it. I have to use a paint scraper or something to create a little gap then use the bar. 😢
I did all of it but when I got to the closet it didn’t work
what happened at the closet?
It had like a sliver skinny thing were the strap was too
thumbs up just for the thunder
Yup, that was one loud afternoon.
Do you have to take the carpet up first?
5:16 5:20
Sick thunder
It was scary loud that day!
I use a stand up scraper the same one that I'll use to remove pads Staples I like to be off my knees as much as possible it will only takes a few minutes I've been doing this for 16 years your wasting you're time knees and money if you do it any other way and fill the holes it should only take you about 3 minutes after the floor swept up of course
Donald you got a model # on a scraper?
I don't but I would think a flooring supply house would have it . A large red scraper with a sixth inch replaceable blade would be easy enough to find note have had mine forever and recently have purchased another hopefully they're available in the area. You have to throw the blade out a little bit to use it on wood it will dig into the subfloor at first until it dulls out a little bit but after that you should be fine I've never replaced the blade of mine I have sharpened one for a glue down job one time I I hope that helps
This is BAD advice. DO NOT pry up. The nail will take portions of concrete with and leave a "crater" like he says, which creates more repair work. The efficient way is to use the crow bar against the nail and TAP with a hammer until you jiggle the nail, and it frees up. Very little concrete is disturbed, the strip is more likely to stay in one piece, and you won't have small bits flying at your face from the prying he recommends. Do your own research and even try it yourself.
what you just said is what we were doing, we slide under the head of the nail and it pulls up. Often times we encounter rust nails that break rather than jiggle up. There are often broken or soggy sections from water damage where the wood pulls up and around and you are stuck with a nail poking up. Yes they often leave a crater when you do, but they are small and don't effect any other flooring efforts.
Wesley DoesIt , I am trying that way but the concert breaks anyway.
How can I fill the holes up? With other concrete?
Gotta love how-to-video watchdogs
Cant access the nail flush to the wall with a plastic shower basket. Dont want to destroy that.
My carpet tack strips are glued down, huge huge headache and hours spent. Could not find a tutorial 🥵😡
THE ABSOLUTE BEST WAY TO REMOVE TACK STRIP IS TO USE A SHINGLE EATER. POPS RIGHT UP RIGHT NOW.
Those are good too, how wide is yours? Only problem is the nail spacing they used under the tack stip, whether you can get it between the nails or not. I like the leverage that the demo bar gives because you give it a love tape and now it's wedged around the nail head. They also make a specialized tool for tack strips also.
@@jeffostroffThey are 9 inches wide. You slam them into the tack strip at the nails, and they come right up! The overall length with the handle is 51 inches. No bending over, except for a few nails that don't pop up! So much better than getting on your knees!
@@jeffostroff you slide it on the floor where the nails are! Gets 99 percent of the nails with out KNEELING down!
@@jeffostroff far faster and better!
@@jeffostroff the only way you will do it from now on!
Mine are glued down too 😭
Try some heat see if that loosens the glue
Starts 1:52
Heather Swartz , great video. How do you fill up the holes left by the nails please?
Idk this isn’t my video, I only commented on it
Heather Swartz , I figure it. I thought I was doing a public comment but I realised that I was writing to you. Sorry for the confusion 👍
lol that is some soft concrete.
I farted while watching this
So that's what I smelled
how was busting it up into a bunch of pieces the wrong way? You're literally throwing it in the trash when you get done LOL
It's better to hit it correctly and remove the trips in one piece, because it's a lot of work to shatter those in place.
Ridiculous, I used a metal handle shovel, ten times faster.
whatever works for you and makes you money is all that matters.
I saw that method on you tube as well.
Shingle eater!
Well create a video for your ten times faster way.