What's the easiest and most effective way of removing

>>1176150

Get a 4" or 6" drywall knife, get down on your hands and knees and get scraping...

>>1176163
Will do, if nothing better comes along.

>>1176150
https://youtu.be/XydfRiZEqZg

>>1176150
https://youtu.be/wUOLU_n1n6Q
for the poor..

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>>1176150
it looks like asbestos

>>1176163
this.
sometimes shortcuts wind up taking forever.

>>1176163
>>1176183
>>1176184
and use a mask, although not asbestos it can still get to your lungs

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>>1176163
These clowns are full of shit...get a floor scraper and be done in no time. Fuck the mask and shit I been remodeling for 30 years, only time I wear a mask is sanding drywall or insulating walls.

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>>1176219
Enjoy hitting all those nails and staples. This is only feasible with concrete, and if concrete the shit comes up easy anyways. I wouldn't buy a scraper unless I planned on doing multiple jobs. You can get a cheap scraper blade for a reciprocating saw and when the job is over you still have a useful tool to saw shit with.

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>>1176487
>Enjoy hitting all those nails and staples.

A good scraper will 'pull' the staples as you scrape.
They need to be removed so there aren't any tufts of old pad left.
Nails should be hammered down before laying new pad. The scraper helps you find the ones sticking up.

>>1176487
>This is only feasible with concrete
For glued pad on concrete I use pic related.
8" razor edge with all metal frame and handle.

solvents

try acetone

>>1176150
Burn it!

Tear down house and start over...?

>>1176516
>A good scraper will 'pull' the staples as you scrape.
fuck that, go over it with a metal detector to find the staples and nails first, a magnet on a stick is a shite alternative. pull them all out before you scrape, stop blunting the scraper.

>>1176743
Dude, you've never pulled up carpet pad, have you. There are hundreds of staples in the pad holding it down. A good floor scraper is meant to be able to break tile off the subfloor. Run it over the grinder when you finish and good as new.

Glued pad gets a razor scraper. Staples will destroy the razor on it.

Also metal detectors don't work that way anon, the floor is nailed down too.

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>>1176743
>pull them all out before you scrape
jesus, why not just use a pic related to get the pad up while you're crawling around on the floor all day

Just scrape the fucking floor with a long handled floor scraper muscle thru the staples. there wont be any nails sticking up. Jesus fuck you pussys sounds like half the candy asses I hire and eventually fire

>>1176219
>>1176487
I have worked in restoration and have pulled out tons of carpet and padding. A good scrapper will get out most of the staples and anything you miss you can just sink into the floor with a hammer. Any newer carpet install will be with glue anyways.

>>1176150
Boiling hot water

>>1176150
The right amount of explosives should do the trick.

>>1176150
What kind of shipping container is your floor made of?

>>1176163
Nah op. Lowes sells heavy duty scraper. No kneepads required

>>1176219
THIS

>>1176150
Fire.

>>1176219
Get one of these or bet a MUTT.
It's basically a scraper on steroids that is used to break ice and cut tree toots.
And it gives zero fucks about staples and nails.

>>1176150
Drywall knife and heat gun.
So many peeps fail to enjoy the fun of using a heat gun.

At this point just burn the house down, even the walls look like shit