Removing staples from floor

[5 In a Row]

I'm getting carpets and underlay replaced soon.
I've taken on the task of removing the old stuff and been told by the carpet bods that it'd be great if all the staples used to attach the old underlay were removed.

So far I've been using a flat screwdriver to prise them up a bit and pliers or mole grips to yank them out.

Is there a better tool for the job?

[ikarl]

there is indeed

https://www.carpetfittersshoponline.co.uk/tacwise-...

[simon_harris]

I am going to say this and i promise I am not being a sarcastic tt but - have you not heard of a staple remover?

[Mr Pointy]

Search for carpet/heavy duty staple remover?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Remover-Fastener-Furnitur...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/YTPAFK-Upholstery-Furnitu...

[Peanut Gallery]

Whilst I have never used them, this sounds like a job for vicegrips with a slide hammer attached?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/HELEVIA-Locking-Release-C...

(Please find a different supplier, but you get the idea)

[wolfracesonic]

Smash them further in with a lump hammer so they don’t stick out. HTH

[5 In a Row]

Thanks all

I've ordered the ones from Amazon.

@Simon, yes I have but as an office worker I had in mind one of those puny ones you use for removing small staples out of 10 bits of paper.

@Peanut Gallery. That might be overkill, I want to remove the staples, not the whole floor

[simon_harris]

5 In a Row said:

Thanks all

I've ordered the ones from Amazon.

@Simon, yes I have but as an office worker I had in mind one of those puny ones you use for removing small staples out of 10 bits of paper.

@Peanut Gallery. That might be overkill, I want to remove the staples, not the whole floor

to be very fair those were the first things I thought of also!

[5 In a Row]

simon_harris said:

5 In a Row said:

Thanks all

I've ordered the ones from Amazon.

@Simon, yes I have but as an office worker I had in mind one of those puny ones you use for removing small staples out of 10 bits of paper.

@Peanut Gallery. That might be overkill, I want to remove the staples, not the whole floor

to be very fair those were the first things I thought of also!

Yeah me too.
I can imagine how sore my hands would be after removing several hundred staples using those little things though.