how to remove foam carpet underpad stuck on a concrete floor?

A few years ago we removed the carpet in our rec room to replace it with wood floor. Scraping was the only way. That scraper you picked up will make an unpleasant job go much better.

 

You guys are making me sore and tired with all this talk of manual labor. Rent a concrete grinder. You'll have a nice finish when your done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs2YeCJsMRg

I had a linoleum floor I needed to remove from a terrazzo floor about 14 years ago. Scraping wasn't working. I chose to burn it with a torch and then scrape it. It worked but took some time to get the burnt smell out of the house.

 

Eagle a load of sand or gravel would do wonders in converting a basement floor into a makeshift beach. Add one kiddie pool, a few sunlamps and a patio umbrella and you could cook out inside rain or shine.
A lot less smelly than burnt linoleum too. Whoe doesn't like smelling BBQ fumes ?

 

Eagle??????........

 

Tedy some of these members just ain't right!

That's what happens when they grew up breathing paint fumes, hgh test gas, and welding smoke. Good thing our government watches out for the younger generation.

 

It was recommended by a friend of mine that did flooring. He said it was how he would have done it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMb-FF9vo2U

 

Holy cow, some amazing videos. Hope these people are in good hands!
Notice the scraper was still used.......

 

Before I even seen the video I believed it would work but...but...... as you mentioned the smell and how long it took to remove from the house...... Just not the way I would go and no offence but if they brought a torch into my house my reaction would be "Get The ___ out of my house".... the toxic smell being burnt,( bacement = confined space ), the fire hazard in general.....Try explaining to the insurance company what you were doing when your house went up and see if you get a claim excepted


I completely forgot about a couple years back we had a insurance claim when our 60 gallon water tank burst and flooded the bacement all day long. After all the drywall etc was ripped out and the place mega dried with fans and dehumidifiers the linoleum floor in our mud room had to come up and get replaced. They used a hand held hammer drill with a scrapper on it and it came up in chunks. They went over it again by hand scraper and hammer scraper for the glue remnants. And this is why I guess I remember the concrete paint part I mentioned before...... after a wet wash they let it fan a couple more days then painted the floor because you could not really get all the glue up, then put new over it a few days later. Only had the smell of paint for a couple days, we also had fans on it with open windows.

 

Or better yet, insurance coverage out the ying yang..........


EDIT>>>>>
looking at the video (showing it to my wife who...."WTF, in a house basement"........... I never watched the video till the end, it's pretty clear this is being done in a warehouse or a large open space commercial building, big difference compared to a confined house basement, still not the route I would choose. They do make flame less torches, basickly a nuclear hair drier with heat and no flame, the toxins of that tile can still be very explosive in a confined aera.

 

We only had one house with a basement but I sure miss having one.
Well I don't miss all of that scrapping and repairing. Our floor was painted grey and a small shower I built had 1" tiles. Actually in 12" mesh sheets.

No wonder these wagon projects take so long.

 

and the fire department...