Hit the other end of the pry bar gently with a hammer.
How to take off carpet nail strips.
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Step 1 cut the carpet into strips.
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Step 3 roll up the carpet.
Step 2 start pulling the carpet.
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If the old carpet was installed over a hardwood floor that you now want to restore slide a wide.
This should pop the nail out of the floor.
The first thing you need to do is figure out how many strips you ll need to cut.
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After pulling up your carpet you will most likely have tack strips left around the perimeter of the room.
Step 1 position the pry bar as close to the bottom edge of the tack strip as possible.
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If the floor is.
Removing these strips that once held your carpet is the most tedious part of carpet removal.
Most will find it easiest to start pulling from a corner.
Locate a nail head on top of the tack strip.