Carpet glued to OSB

[AllDodge]

Guess I can be tankful that only one room in the house has foam backed carpet glued to OSB floor. Worked about 40 minutes and managed to get one strip about a foot wide off one side. I'm using a 20 inch long, 2 inch wide pry bar.

Tried a putty knife and it works but the pry bar is working better. Need to get it clean to install laminate flooring. Anyone know of any tricks to make it a tad easier?

 

[old__man]

Oscillating tool with scraper blade? I really don't know. Spade shovel? Roofing shovel?

 

[Woz]

If you have a large air compressor an air powered floor scrapper is the fastest option. These can be rented or purchased if you have a compressor large enough to run it. You can also buy scrapper blades that fit in a hand held air gun. Google air powered floor scraper to see what is available.

Electric floor scrappers are also available for rent. Cntact your local rental stores or Home Depot and see what they have.

After than you are left with oscillating tools with a scraper blade, scrapper blades that fit into an sawsall type oscillating saw or manual scrappers. All will take longer and are much more work that the first two powered options.

After you have removed the carpet you will need to remove the remaining foam backing and adhesive. There several non solvent types of "foam back carpet remover" available from the big box stores and internet. Again Google is your friend.

Anyway way you end up doing this project it is a lot of work. But nothing an average homeowner cannot handle. Good luck and let us know how it came out.

 

[AllDodge]

Got it all off couple days ago. Used a 12 inch dry wall knife once a section was removed enough to get behind it. Sitting on the floor and with both hands I shoved it in while using my foot to hold the carpet back. Shove in and then turn a bit and repeat.

The dry wall knife is thin enough it cut the foam off the floor and left it on the carpet. The point of the knife allowed it to go under easier.

The glue is still there but very little foam, so I can install laminate or regular carpet back down.