How To Remove Carpet And Install Laminate Flooring: 3 Easy Methods

3 Methods To Remove Carpet And Install Laminate Flooring

Here are the 3 simple methods with steps by which the users can easily remove carpet and install laminate flooring:

Method 1: Removing The Carpet

1. Detach The Baseboards: The users need to start removing the carpet by detaching the baseboards at the boundary of the rooms. Then gently lift the carpet from the strip tacks and then roll the carpet and remove it accordingly.
2. Removing The Tack Strip: The users need to remind one thing that while removing the tack strips that are usually sharp they need to wear the rubber gloves as it will protect their hands from getting hurt. Use the Screwdriver or the pry bar in detaching the tack strips.
3. Detach The Padding: This method is one of the hectic methods as the padding is affixed by the staples and the users are advised to detach as much as padding from the floor with bare hands. If still some padding exists on the floor the users then need to use the screwdriver to detach the remaining padding staples.

Method 2: Prepare The Surface

1. Clean The Surface: Start by cleaning up all the dust and the debris particles from the floor by using the vacuum. The users are advised to carefully check all the staples and if they found any, then they need to take it away.
2. Secure The Surface: Once the floor surface is cleaned up the users then need to examine the screws on the floors and if they found any defected screw that needs to get replaced immediately.
3. Fill The Surface: Use the floor compound in leveling the surface of the floor and then sand down the compound with fine-grit sandpaper in order to achieve a smooth finish. Then cover the floor with the resin paper and staple it down respectively.

Method 3: Install The Laminate Flooring

1. Gather All The Tools And Materials: The users need to gather all the tools and the materials that they require while performing this procedure like a hammer, circular saw and a pry bar.
2. Trim The Planks: Trim the planks according to the size dimensions of the floor by using the circular saw.
3. Lay The Laminate Planks: Then start placing the laminate planks at one corner of the floor and eventually continue laying the planks to the entire floor surface respectively.