Removing Rug From Hardwood Floors

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

Removing rug from hardwood floors.

Once you ve established that you really want to remove the carpet be prepared for one of the dirtiest smelliest jobs you ve ever done in your life. To remove adhesive from a hardwood floor bring a pot of water to a boil. 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. An even better option when it comes to getting your floors clean after removing carpet is to opt for a hardwood steam cleaner.

As you remove carpet you ll quickly see why even after meticulous vacuuming it s the dirtiest part of your home. 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. 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. After letting them sit for 3 to 5 minutes wipe off as much adhesive as you can.

I m thankful we didn t have to deal with removing adhesive. While planning to uncover the original hardwood floor i pulled back the corner of the carpet to find that the padding was stapled down and not glued to the floor. It had fused with the beautiful oak hardwood floors. The carpet that was in the house was very old and underneath all that was very old vinyl tiles.

Before you can begin to deep clean hardwood floors you will need to remove the stubborn adhesive that was left behind you might also still have some remnants of your carpet tacks and staples still on the ground that need removing. I suggest wearing your worst work clothes including a long sleeved shirt. Soak some old towels in the water and then place them on the adhesive. The procedure for removal of both these adhesives is the same but the products used are not.

Remove all of the leftover residue. In order to have that beautiful hardwood floor you need to keep in mind that there are two types of glues that are used when putting down a carpet general carpet adhesive and tar based glue. Planning to remove carpet over hardwood floors.