Some installers use laminate glue or waterproof adhesive when installing laminate flooring. The idea behind this is to prevent water from spills or cleaning from seeping into the floor, which is why glued laminate is most often used in bathrooms or mud rooms where water contact with the floor i...
Pull up the carpet from your mobile home floors by hand. Also, pull up the strips along the wall that held the carpet down. If you are having trouble, a stiff putty knife can help get into small spaces and pry the carpet and strips up. Step 3 Hammer down any nails or staples you ...
Getting rid of an area rug is as simple as rolling it up and carrying it out. But after removing installed carpet, some adhesive and other debris may remain. Use acat's paw toolto pry up any tack strips, pull out any nails, orremove staplesfrom wood flooring. More Like This How to ...
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If you are going the DIY route to sand your wood floors, our expert advice will help you avoid mistakes with time-tested tactics for a gorgeous wood floor.
To remove tack strips from hardwood floors, insert a wide putty knife between the tack strip and the floor next to the nail head before inserting the pry bar. This helps to protect your hardwood flooring from damage. Hit the opposite end of the pry bar carefully with a hammer to pop the...
When you set your budget, you created a list and organized it by most important to least. Look that list over again and decide what you can compromise on. Will you be okay with laminate flooring that looks like hardwood? Or is that a deal-breaker for you? Do you love that Pottery Bar...
Protecting wood floors Getting rid of an area rug is as simple as rolling it up and carrying it out. But after removing installed carpet, some adhesive and other debris may remain. Use acat's paw toolto pry up any tack strips, pull out any nails, orremove staplesfrom wood flooring. ...
gently grab the corners of the carpet and pull the carpet back about 1 foot. Do this one wall at time during treatment. After treatment as described below, replace the carpet and tuck under the baseboards. If you do this 1 wall at time you will not usually need to re-stretch the ...
You can install NuCore over most existing flooring. Carpet is an exception. If you want to put it where carpet currently is, you will need to remove the carpet first, which is what we had to do. Pull up any staples that are left from the carpet pad and remove any carpet tack strips...