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Oculus Spirit [75683]
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Do any of you have experience ripping up carpet
May 21, 2020, 4:28 PM
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and salvaging the wood floor underneath? I have evidence (read as I pulled back the caper around the vents and saw it) that the wood under the carpet matches in 3 rooms matches the rest of the house. In one room there are 3 spots that squeak something awful when we step on them.
What horrors await when I rip this stuff up. How prepared should I be to have to give up on the wood floor idea and get some mid grade carpet?
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Oculus Spirit [79182]
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Just once have I torn up carpet
May 21, 2020, 4:34 PM
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the rest were all shaved.
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Oculus Spirit [78831]
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I love capers
May 21, 2020, 4:36 PM
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CU Medallion [54758]
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a big dealbreaker for me would be adhesive
May 21, 2020, 4:53 PM
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PIA to remove. I scraped it off ~600sf of concrete slab this past winter, and it was horrible. Not sure I'd DIY that on a wood floor
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Oculus Spirit [78876]
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You Italians can grow it thick.***
May 21, 2020, 5:13 PM
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CU Medallion [65983]
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I ripped up almost an entire house of carpet
May 21, 2020, 5:08 PM
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no issues with the wood at all. Replaced with Pergo. Fliped the house for $60K of profit
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Oculus Spirit [78831]
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^^^ LOOK AT ME!!!! ^^^
May 21, 2020, 6:35 PM
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I've installed Pergo!
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CU Medallion [65983]
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99% of my posts are trolls
May 22, 2020, 9:24 AM
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sifting through the 1% to find the gold
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Lot o points [155706]
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CU Medallion [65983]
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Nope
May 21, 2020, 10:38 PM
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No hardwood at all.
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Lot o points [155706]
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Ahhh ok you confused me. Aero’s talking
May 21, 2020, 10:56 PM
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About actual hardwoods under the carpet I think.
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CU Medallion [65983]
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The wood decking of the base floor
May 22, 2020, 9:25 AM
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I ASSUME that's what Aero was talking about.
Hell if I know
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Oculus Spirit [75683]
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Obed is correct. There seems to be good flooring under
May 22, 2020, 9:44 AM
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this terrible carpet. Before we moved in the plan was to rip it up. I even got the staple removers. Simply ran out of time.
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Heisman Winner [135504]
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Not since the Clemson Decorating Center sent me out to do
May 21, 2020, 6:12 PM
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scut work like that back in the early 80s. Well, we did rip up the carpet in the condo we bought, but there wasn't anything under it but padding and plywood.
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All-In [49153]
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considering it looks like the rest where you ripped the
May 21, 2020, 6:52 PM
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capers up, I'd go for it. Prolly just the holes from the nails from the strips holding the carpets. Good luck.
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All-In [49153]
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and you might be able to run some proper length screws up
May 21, 2020, 10:09 PM
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from below into the squeeky boards to stop the squeeking.
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I’ve watched a huhah be waxed before.
May 21, 2020, 8:35 PM
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It’s really not that tough.
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All-In [36450]
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I’ve watched a huhah be waxed before.
May 21, 2020, 8:35 PM
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It’s really not that tough.
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Oculus Spirit [97677]
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Once. Ripped up because of male cat ####
May 21, 2020, 9:31 PM
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Hardwoods underneath ended up having to go too. Needless to say security deposit wasn't refunded.
You may have different results.
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Yes. Many times over.
May 22, 2020, 7:19 AM
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Maybe 30% chance you'll need to put carpet back donw.
Probably lots of scrubbing up some sort of stuck-padding residue.
Maybe refinishing, but maybe not. I only refinished 1 room, and it was a small one. I sanded it with an orbital sander, stained and urethaned.
The other rooms, I just ripped the carpet up, clean up the floors and called it good.
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All-In [46801]
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Rip it up, buy 5 gallon buckets of goo gone
May 22, 2020, 10:00 AM
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buy one of those large orbital sanders like they use to strip the floors in schools.
restain, seal, done.
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All-In [43608]
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Aero, you sound godawfully fat.
May 22, 2020, 10:27 AM
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I mean, THE FLOOR SQUEAKS? Jebus son, lay off the bbq.
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Oculus Spirit [75683]
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I will not lay off the bbq. Why would you say stupid ###
May 22, 2020, 10:49 AM
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#### like that?
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