Stained concrete would be much cleaner and smell fresher than carpet in the finished basement.
Ripping out carpet and staining concrete.
Depending on where you live an installer will charge 3 to 5 per square yard for tear out.
If there isn t a program available be sure to check with your trash hauler before starting your project to see if short rolls of carpet will be accepted.
No more renting carpet cleaner or freaking out when something is spilled i just.
And in some cases it s even possible to go right over the existing floor covering with a decorative concrete overlay or microtopping.
The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked.
Remove any doors including closet or bathroom doors that open into the room where you ll be ripping up carpet.
Concrete stain will adhere to any form of concrete as long as the pores are open and ready to receive the stain.
But tearing out the old carpet does.
Depending on the amount of light you get down there you may want to use a light colored stain if not much natural light or if a lot of natural light go with the darker leather color.
Muriatic acid or a concrete etching solution is the best way to prepare the surface but needs to be applied with caution.
Roll the carpet into easily manageable sections as you pull it up.
Ceramic tile or sheet vinyl from an existing concrete subfloor and then stain or polish it.
This is achieved via the cleaning and etching stage prior to any staining.
When you consider the rental cost of special tools your time and the risk of wrecking an expensive piece of carpet it just doesn t make sense.
Some of the challenges include ripping up and.
It would have cost us over 3000 for new carpet and more than that for tile or wood floors and we purchased the items needed to stain the concrete ourselves and instead got the job done for less than 600 and have ended up with a much better outcome in my opinion.
Installing new carpet yourself usually isn t smart.