If the wood floors under the carpet are in good shape they can be cleaned and used immediately auten said.
Can wood be found under carpet.
How to fix wood rot under carpet.
Uncovering the 1960s hardwood floor under carpet.
If you plan to reuse them tap out the nails with a hammer number each one and stack them in a safe place.
Start the carpet removal procedure by prying the baseboards off the walls with a pry bar.
Carpet tack strip will have to be removed.
Normally you wouldn t have any problem with the subfloor rotting under carpeting in most rooms of the house.
Pulling back the layers of carpet and padding we found that the hardwood floor looked ok.
If you can feel a soft spot in the floor under the carpet the subfloor has likely been weakened or damaged.
Then we cleared the room and began ripping out carpet.
We gathered the tools needed for removing carpet over hardwood floors see our list below.
He suggests using a paste wax and buffing the floors to a gloss.
Floors with minor.
If the carpeting extends in front of an exterior.
This isn t the same as having a floor squeak when you step on it which simply indicates that the subfloor isn t tightly fastened to the floor joist in one area.