We just tore up the carpet off of our 20 year old concrete slab in one room. The carpet installers had glued the pad down with a yellow glue. What is the easiest way to get the glue off of the concrete so I can put down a floating floor? Also, do I need to put something in to fill the small spaces around the edge where the slab is apparently deliberately separated from the wall foundation?
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why do you need to remove the glue? floating floor has underlayment pad - thicker pad should take care of glue
other than that - check to see what solvent you need or try a wallpaper knife to remove it (or sharpened ice breaker - long handle)
If you have a lot to remove, a sidewalk scraper will work. Most of the time the blobs of glue will kinda popp off fairly easily. If you can do it carefully, you could flood parts of the floor with water. The older wood glue softens when wet. Or you could use a floor grinder, which you can rent from HD or Lowes. It will smooth the glue as quickly as you can walk across the floor.
Filling the gap is a function of the size of the gap. Got any pictures you can post?
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
It does scrape off, I'm just trying to find a way to do it without having to get down on my hands and knees and sweat! And there are little chunks of foam pad still stuck. Those we definitely need to get out before laying down the water barrier and padding.
As to the gaps between the slab and foundation wall - they aren't more than 2 inches across, mostly less. They have some insulation styrofoam in them, and it isn't likely the floor over them will be weight bearing - although there might eventually be furniture legs that close to the edge.
Go to the flooring dept of HD or Lowes, they sell a floor scraper that you use standing up. It's a 5" wide razor blade in a heavy head, on a broom-length pole. Works pretty well at scraping old sheet vinyl off the floor.
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Thank you! That's what I was hoping to be pointed towards!