You need special equipment to secure a bottom plate to concrete.
Can you pull up carpet and put back down.
Not only should you not nail over carpet for several reasons.
There may be a metal strip holding the carpet down at the top which you will need to remove.
At times it may be necessary to pull the carpet up to inspect the subfloor such as to repair a creaking floor board or to fill a crack in the concrete foundation.
Start at the top so that you can remove the carpet as you go down rather than trying to roll it up.
If any water gets trapped in that carpet it will rot and stink.
These are the five things you need to know about carpet removal.
There is an additional concern.
For 10 a piece i took all 4 rolls home thinking i d re donate them if they didn t work out.
But carpet installed with tack strips can be.
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However you can still do it yourself without too much trouble.
Carpet is installed using glue or tack strips.
6 months later they are still exceeding my wildest expectations.
As ecnerwal said it will look off.
Thank you so much this really help me i need to do a lot of stuff to my home including ripping up old carpet.
Removing carpet from your stairs can seem a little more daunting.
If you are thinking about ripping up your carpets before you get in over your head stop to consider everything it entails.
Deep in the back in a bin full of rolled up odds and ends was this thick beautiful bamboo.
Slowly pull on the pad if it stapled down.
What a project for little old me but i know now at least i got the pulling up the carpet out of the way.
In most cases glue down carpet cannot be lifted up without damaging the backing or tearing the carpet.
Move on to the next section of carpet allowing the vacuum to slightly overlap the area you just cleaned to allow for the lack of brush or suction at the very edge of the vacuum head.
Then reinstall padding by stapling it back down and.
You can t just nail down a 2x4 into concrete.
The bad news is i can t tell you the exact brand source or true cost of what i have.
I want to put down new carpet hardwood floors and paint.
Continue this way until the entire area is finished.