if you're worried you can't get the glue off

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We finally bit the bullet and pulled up our porch (pretty big) carpet. But first we checked out price of new carpet in case the porch was a mess. The carpet is about fifty cents a square foot, so we decided we could just recarpet if we couldn't deal with the glue. But if you have a balcony, could you just cut the carpet and lay it in place without glue? Then you could work on it over time, but still have a decent floor.

So far, the big scraper we bought for this is too hard for me to use (I'm not strong). But I found out by accident (hosing off the porch) that the power washer (small electric) in one hand and a putty knife in the other is getting a lot of it, because the water gets under the old glue and lifts it, where the putty knife would just scrape over the top. I just do a section at a time.

Still working on it...