The Carpet Needs Cutting

Pulling up carpet depends on the reason the carpet needs to be pulled up.

The carpet needs cutting.

You can buy one here. This will be the most important and possibly the only tool you ll need to cut carpet. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Whatever you use make sure the edge is nice and sharp.

You may need to change the blade several times during a large carpet project. Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1. Fun with shapes in some cases such as when making your own carpet or a patterned rug your design requires unusual shapes a cloud shaped rug for a child s room or your own homemade two tone zebra print. If you re using a utility knife with a removable blade take a minute to insert a new.

Use the harbor freight oscillating multi tool cutting tool to easily cut your carpet. If the goal is simply to get the old carpet out of the way protect your hands with heavy gloves and use a sharp utility knife to cut a border around the entire area about four or five inches away from the walls. Use sharp utility knife which is key to making a clean cut. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner.

Easiest method to cut carpet.