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[stusgsx]

Trying to get this horrible old carpet up from around a pool. So far I've done 2 metres in 2 hours :-(
Such a boring job and it's stuck like poo to a blanket!
Who makes a tile-carpet adhesive?!

 

[mike1979]

How much have you got left to do I've done a lot of pools never seen carpet around one tho bet it stinks

 

[stusgsx]

Oh only another 60 sqm to go!
It's pretty manky. It's so thin and stuck so well!

 

[Gazzer]

I would have hired a lino remover !....but then I like an easy life

 

[stusgsx]

I've hired a carpet remover.....it's sat in the corner bloody useless it won't even touch it

 

[CJ]

I have used one of these before......it WAS still hard work.......but it did the job.

Floor Tile Stripper

 

[Dan]

KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!!!

Sorry, just had to get that out of my system. Rather you than me mate that's horrible work. Looks worse than difficult lino as it looks like it rips easier. Somebody stuck that down well eh?!

Get the jigger pick out and just SLC the mess after lol

 

[stusgsx]

Fire did cross my mind at one point!
Ive found the best way is to divide it up in to strips using my breaker (yes the stupidly big overkill one that is taller than me nearly) and then get the carpet stripper and just ram the crap out of the strips of carpet and they come up slowly. I've done around 70% of it now so the worst is done. Got home nice and dusty had to have a shower and now going to sink a couple of beers!

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Years ago peeps did carpet around -pools and use underlay then a false grass was also about LOL have you got the pool to tile ?......

 

[Andy Allen]

spotty sixteen year old oik and a scrapper is the best tool for the job...

and a deck chair.....for you to sit in, while he gets on with it..:lol:

 

[stusgsx]

Years ago peeps did carpet around -pools and use underlay then a false grass was also about LOL have you got the pool to tile ?......

Ooh grass sounds nice.
No not tiling the pool just replacing copings then tiling floor

 

[Ken Bruty]

looks nasty mate, I've had this with vinyl fixed with acrylic adhesive before, I hired a breaker as tall as me from Speedy hire which the nuts holding the blade kept coming loose, made me swear a lot, then eventually they all sheared off, so I then had to wait half a day for another one which lasted 30 mins and did exactly the same, so, I went to screwfix and bought some m10 25mm long nuts and bolts, put those on with extra nuts to lock the others, and job done, hard work though. When I took it back I told them what they needed to do :lol:

 

[stusgsx]

My day just got harder.....

 

[Qwerty]

I take it that's your exit?

 

[stusgsx]

Yep and was also blocking the small lane that runs along the bottom of the drive. No way could of got a pallet truck up the drive. I've shifted all 330 tiles into the garage now.
Back to my lovely carpet!