I want to replace my carpet with hardwood floors,I began in the back of my home pulling up a small piece of carpet and
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Monique
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noticed that the padding under the carpet was glued directly to the concrete slab that my home sits on,should I use this same padding for the hardwood floors or just leave the carpet here and get a deep clean? There is no stripping that padding. I tried using every tool that was woman friendly.
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You should not use the same carpet padding under hardwood flooring. It is not designed for that purpose, and you will have problems. Not sure what to suggest for scraping it off the floor.
3po3
on Mar 28, 2011
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Take a belt sander to the remaining carpet padding, that should remove enough of it for you to install an underlayment designed for hardwood floors. Although installing hardwood floors that need to be nailed down on top of a concrete slab is impossible. First you must install plywood sheathing over the concrete for the nails to grab.
Carl Peters Jr.
on Mar 28, 2011
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No
Nduka
on Mar 28, 2011
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We had the exact same issue. You can not leave the padding. Our padding was glued mostly along the edges and I used a metal pastry cutter, link below, to scrap it off. This type of scrapper worked the best and the handle is a hand saver over using a putty knife or the like. I cut the carpet into 2' squares and did each one at a time, it actually wasn't that hard. (I'm a 50+year old woman). Use the previous carpet square to kneel on while scraping and again when you are laying your new floor. I found that a belt sander was too messy, harder on my hands, on not worth the dust as it gets into everything so use a mask it you do this and remove or cover everything. We went with a laminate flooring rather than wood which uses a plastic covering and a thin pad. good luck The link is : http://www.amazon.com/Norpro-577-Stainless-Scraper-Chopper/dp/B000SSZ4Q4/ref=sr_1_7?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1406693669&sr=1-7&keywords=pastry+cutter
Opal
on Jul 29, 2014
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