It's manual labor and dusty work at that. It took me about 6 hours to pull up the rug and the disintegrated padding, and remove all the rug boards, and pull up extra staples they had thrown in for good measure in an area roughly 200sq ft. I also mopped it afterward.
Full set of tools you may want: carpet knife (splurge here and get the sturdy one, you may get lucky and not need it, but if you need it, you want it to cut through the carpet without going over it a number of times) Masks (the rug padding, in this case, had become dust, a light, yellow, nasty dust) Broom Dustpan needle-nose pliers (I used these for pulling up the spare nails and staples) small crowbar (the size of a screwdriver, they are really handy in this size and slip nicely under the rug boards plus won't dig in like a screwdriver will) Hammer (for getting the crowbar in underneath) Construction Bags (for putting the pieces in when you are done)
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Full set of tools you may want:
carpet knife (splurge here and get the sturdy one, you may get lucky and not need it, but if you need it, you want it to cut through the carpet without going over it a number of times)
Masks (the rug padding, in this case, had become dust, a light, yellow, nasty dust)
Broom
Dustpan
needle-nose pliers (I used these for pulling up the spare nails and staples)
small crowbar (the size of a screwdriver, they are really handy in this size and slip nicely under the rug boards plus won't dig in like a screwdriver will)
Hammer (for getting the crowbar in underneath)
Construction Bags (for putting the pieces in when you are done)
You know, just in case you were curious. :)