Rip Out Carpet And Put Wood Floors Down

Wood floors under carpet go to a corner of your carpeting and run a standard screwdriver between the edge of the wall and carpet.

Rip out carpet and put wood floors down.

Find out which flooring material wins the battle of carpet vs. Nailed down hardwood floors have a similar tongue and groove system but they are meant to be nailed in place and can be put down directly on top of wooden subfloors. Very easy just cut and pull. The right carpet is about more than color.

Remove the carpet padding in the same way. Likely to be a real pain. Take pliers and peel back the carpet pull up the padding and see if you have nice wood floors he recommends doing this in several rooms as it s often the case that previous homeowners could. To make it more manageable to roll up and throw away use a sharp box cutter to cut the carpet into sections as you go.

Then you ll run the medium and fine sand paper over the bare wood to smooth it all. Touch up paint on baseboards and around the. You want to get it very smooth and clean looking so that you can apply the new stain and polyurethane and get a pretty finish. Start with coarse and remove all of the old stuff exposing the bare wood.

If you plan to reuse them tap out the nails with a hammer number each one and stack them in a safe place. Labor rates total 4 25 to 9 25 per square foot to remove the old carpet and replace it with hardwood flooring. Once you have a grip on the carpet start to peel it back. Adding on to your cost to install hardwood flooring is another 3 to 14 per square foot for the wood too.

20 mins with a helper. Drive long wood screws into the sub floor and through to floor joists anywhere the floor squeaks. Apply a stain blocking primer to prevent old stains from coming up through new carpet. Pry up the carpet from the tacking strips underneath.

45 min tops by yourself. Pull back the carpeting until the entire rug can be rolled up removed from your home and placed in a dumpster. Carefully insert a flat pry bar under the carpet in a corner of the room. Replace a carpet with hardwood flooring.

Every home i ve ever seen built has the wall texture and then the paint applied with nothing covering the floor.