like pulling out a tree stump, then taking out carpet and matting is like pulling a mushroom out of moist manure. Yeah, it's a lot easier (OK, it doesn't stink so the analogy is not that great). We removed about 125 square feet in about an hour this morning, that would have easily taken five times longer in the kitchen.
The process is relatively simple, pull the carpet away from the tack strips along the edge, cut the carpet in to large squares, from underneath, cut the mat and then pull out a few staples. These staples are not like the ones in the kitchen, they are only about 1/2" deep, copper and are pretty easy to get out with a screwdriver or the prybar. My son actually got a pretty good technique going to force out the staples without too much trouble. The most difficult part is moving the furniture around to get to the carpet, we have a lot of stuff in the way.
The next big job in the living room is moving the big desk and piano away from their present spots and pulling up the carpet underneath. Since we recently purchased a roll top desk from a garage sale, in excellent condition, we are going to get rid of our big desk and use the roll top as an actual desk, and do something else for the desktop computer. Since most people in our family have a laptop, the desktop isn't used as much as it used to be. Also, since we no longer need a deep corner for a glass CRT type monitor, since LCD's are smaller and lighter, we just don't need it to take up as much space. So, we are going to try to find a good home for that desk at the same time we are pulling up the carpet. We still aren't sure what we are going to do.
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