Easy Way To Cut Carpet Padding

Once the tack strips are in place measure across the floor between opposite strips.

Easy way to cut carpet padding.

In this video i share how to cut carpet padding in a room. Use the harbor freight oscillating multi tool cutting tool to easily cut your carpet. Starting vertically use the stitching on the sides of the area rug as a guide and cut through the area rug pad. Roll out enough padding to cover the span and with a utility knife cut the padding to length plus 2 to 3 inches.

Fold back about 3 ft. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Slice off the excess carpet padding where you reach the opposite wall. Carpet can be extremely heavy to handle especially if you re tackling a lot of square footage.

You can buy one here. Cut straight across the pad to cut a piece slightly shorter than the length of the carpet. Double check your measurement. Add at least 2 inches to this figure.

Easiest method to cut carpet. Instead of raking your blade across the carpet and through the padding to make a cut just make a 4 5 inch hole and use your fingers to pull the carpet up with one hand then cut the raised carpet. Roll the carpet a few feet back before cutting. Then fold back the area rug and cut an additional inch or two inches off the rug pad so that the edges of the rug will easily taper to the floor.

Cut the pad in the perpendicular direction so that it is the width you need. Cut carpet into easy to handle pieces. Is there a tool technique or better knife blade that we should be using for felt carpet padding. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.

Step 3 measure the width measurement that you determined for the area rug pad across one end of the pad that you already cut for length. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Using a utility knife though even changing the blades frequently we are having a really hard time cutting it. Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1.

This video is basic but way past due as i ve have countless people reach out and ask how to cut ca. If you reveal a carpet padding beneath keep it in place for now we ll tackle that later on.