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replace carpet pad::You can save money on the fee of the contractor by removing the old carpet yourself.
After removing the old carpet, you could be wonderfully surprised to find that the padding is only tacked in a few places and can be easily removed.
The person who laid the carpet padding may have been staplecrazy and put staples every couple of inches in the padding, across the entire room.
Get the needlenose pliers ready.
Either way will take some time if there are a lot of staples.
If a staple is shot too far into the padding, use the tip of a knife to pry it up without breaking it, then remove it with the pliers.
The best way is to grab the staple a little to the side, then twist it over to the other side.
Usually one side of the staple will detach, making it easier to yank the remainder of the staple.
Grabbing the staple in the center and pulling it quickly can often break the staple, leaving you now with two pieces to remove.
Sometimes a staple simply will not come out.
Each time you attempt to remove it, it just breaks down a little more.
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