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Smyrna, GA on Mar 27, 2011

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

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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Steve G Fort Collins, CO

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.

on Mar 28, 2011 · Like 0
Carl Peters Jr. Dumont, NJ

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.

on Mar 28, 2011 · Like 0
Nduka Powder Springs, GA

No

on Mar 28, 2011 · Like 0

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