What Kind Of Wood Is Under My Carpet

Fixing subfloor under carpet.

What kind of wood is under my carpet. But the carpet was new and our kids are still toddlers so it makes sense to just keep the carpet. Normally you wouldn t have any problem with the subfloor rotting under carpeting in most rooms of the house. A simple way to know if you have hardwood under you old carpet. I wanted to see what type of condition the wood was in so i proceeded.

If i had known that i would have pulled that carpet up a year ago. I have hardwood in my foyer which is pretty big and powder room. And how to put your carpet back down if you don t. Carpet beetles like to live out of sight and feed on the natural fibers in fabrics even living off carpet fibers that are 90 percent synthetic.

Floors with minor. There truly were oak hardwood treads under that dreaded carpet. They tend to live inside fabric furniture or deep inside carpets so look for damage to area rugs around the edges and to carpets along base boards. How to fix wood rot under carpet.

Demolition there s no way to fix the subfloor under carpet without pulling up the carpet. Called a floor covering or finish floor this might be ceramic tile solid wood laminate engineered wood luxury vinyl carpeting and many others. Now we want to remove the carpet but unsure if the hardwood is still good or not. He suggests using a paste wax and buffing the floors to a gloss.

I have two sets of stairs both carpeted and large landing leading to the second level. If the carpeting extends in front of an exterior. Floor covering is the aptest description since everything below the substrate can be considered the real floor in terms of structure and permanence. I m working on replacing the carpet downstairs in dr lr fr with hardwood but is still an issue.

The builder grade carpet in my 11 year old home is beyond showing it s wear. A friend of ours suggested that if there s a problem with the wood we can use laminate flooring.