Removing Old Carpet From Hardwood Floors

We scraped by hand from a standing position with a long handled scraper.

Removing old carpet from hardwood floors.

Removing old sticky gooey carpet padding from a wood floor. When we pulled the old carpet and padding which was a blue yellow mixed color from our floors we found a thin layer of what apparently was black foam from the carpet before. It had fused with the beautiful oak hardwood floors. How to remove the old carpet.

If you are going to refinish and show off that hardwood floor under your carpet but you better remove the carpet without marring the floor in the process. Hello i am going to be laying down peel and stick vinyl tiles down over wood floors but first i need to get the padding up off the floor. Well there are a lot of ways to remove carpet padding on your wood floors but today and i m going to tell you the easiest way to do it. Carpet removal often results in carpet padding stuck to the hardwood flooring.

With the help of the right products and a little bit of patience you ll be well on your way to restoring your hardwood to its original glory. I bought a house about 3 weeks ago and it has hardwood floor in the living room when i tried removing the old carpet it left padding residue and marks on the floor. Water seems safe but wood flooring manufacturers are unequivocal about avoiding water when cleaning hardwood floors because of the long term damage it can do to the wood.