Dude, removing wall to wall carpeting (and all the layers under it) is no joke. We learned that when we finally tackled that task this weekend – and lived to tell the tale. Let me just tell you, progress smells a lot better than old carpeting. Even when there’s a substantial amount of sweat involved…
When we bought this house we knew that the four bedrooms upstairs (along with the hallway) needed new flooring since the once-cream (now mostly tan) wall to wall carpets were stained, threadbare, and even holey in some areas.
Thankfully a few areas were so loose we could peek under them during our very first walk-through to see what we were working with. Sadly, there was no hardwood to be found under there, and we were greeted with subfloor. But we’re so glad we made that discovery before buying (we definitely factored that expense into our decision). And after we got over the sadness of not having old hardwoods under there to revive, we got excited about picking out new flooring.
We considered a whole range of things for a while (hardwoods, new wall to wall carpeting, bamboo, tile) and after a lot of thought ended right back at oak hardwoods, since it’s what we had in our first house as well as our current one (even in the bedrooms). We like that we can always toss down an area rug to cozy things up (and since those can change over time it feels a little more flexible than committing to a certain type/color of wall to wall carpet for a decade or two). Plus with a kid and a dog we have just found wood flooring to be easy to keep clean/wipe down/etc.
We also already have oak flooring on the stairs that lead to the second level as well as in the future office, dining room, and living room – so we thought finding some in the same finish and grain would be a nice seamless this-has-always-been-here choice. But before we could bring in some delicious new hardwoods to install ourselves (at least that’s the plan!) we were faced with stripping away all of the aforementioned nasty carpeting in all four bedrooms up there and the hallway… which turned out to be quite the job. Here’s how we got ‘er done.
First we used a mini crowbar to pry back the corner…
With some gentle force it popped right up and we could start to pull it out from that corner.
It definitely wasn’t delicate pulling, more like forceful yanking, but with John working on one corner and me in another we were able to free up enough of it to start rolling it towards the other side of the room (we paused to take this photo, but picture me standing next to John rolling along with him). It’s definitely one of those four-hands-are-better-than-two tasks if possible.
Oh and wear gloves! And long sleeves if you’re smart. We wised up after our forearms got raw from carrying rolls of carpeting down to the garage, where we’re storing it all until we can figure out what to do with it (it’s too gross to donate, so we might need to rent a Bagster or something to get rid of it). Update: thanks for all the info on recycling carpets, cutting them down for curbside pickup, and all the other cheaper/greener alternatives than just trashing them. You guys are geniuses!
Room by room we repeated that process (and down the hallway as well). Pry up the corner, yank yank yank, roll roll roll, and drag that baby down to the garage. In some areas there was so much carpeting that we cut it in half with a box cutter before carrying it down to lighten our load. Then we were left with this lovely blue carpet padding underneath. Which was stapled and nailed down in about a thousand places per room (sadly that’s not an exaggeration).
Just like the carpeting, it could be yanked up, but it left a ton of little staples and nails and tack strips all around the room once it was stripped from the space. These are tack strips. They run around the perimeter of a room and are thin little shim-like pieces of wood with nails poking up through them (they grab the carpet pad and carpet to hold it in place).
Sometimes you can shove a crowbar under them (this takes borderline brute strength, so your palm is red even with gloves on afterwards) and pop them up all as one piece. The hard thing is that if they’re old and brittle (check) sometimes they splinter as they go, which means instead of slamming a prybar against them to try to get each 2′ long strip up in about 30 seconds, if it splinters a ton it can take five minutes to dig out all of the nails and splintered wood that break apart but are still stuck in the floor. You can see me gracefully (and breathlessly) doing this in the video we made for you about five photos down.
I worked on all of the tack strips in the master bedroom while John did the hallway and the nursery and then I tackled the guest room while John worked on Clara’s room. It probably took us about an hour and a half to get that part done, so one person trying to do that all by themselves might be in it for 3+ hours (probably with some blisters even with gloves on).
Once the tack strips were all up we were faced with the harder part…
… these guys.
They were everywhere and the prybar was of no help since it couldn’t really get under them. At first the only way we could get them up was by hand with a needle nosed pliers. One by one. But after John did Clara’s closet that way and it took over an hour (for one closet!!!) we decided we needed to find an alternative. Thankfully a little googling turned up the idea of a nice heavy duty long-handled floor scraper (we got ours for $25 at Lowe’s) and that was a lot faster! It still took some serious strength, and we both had sore backs, but we were able to get all of the staples up in all four bedrooms and the hallway in about two hours (at the by-hand-with-a-pliers-rate we thought it might take us about two days). Warning: if you have hardwoods, you might not want to use a scraper since it could ding them up, but it’s great for subflooring.
The next day we returned to clean up, using a broom to make piles followed by the shop-vac to suck up all the staples and nails.
You can see in this video how each step of the process went (it shows how to get up those tack strips and staples a little better than still photos can):
Now we have smooth, bare subfloors that are ready for hardwood.
We never thought we’d be so glad to see pure unadulterated pressed wood in our lives!
And now our garage looks like this:
That, my friends, is what progress looks like. Turns out progress looks a lot like stinky rolled up carpeting.
But oh happy day, we’re moving in the right direction!
Any other carpet stripping going on? Are the staples your arch nemeses? Those little buggers were infuriating until we discovered The Amazing Wonder-Scraper! Seriously, my “what superhero power would you have?” answer would now be to have a paint roller on one arm and a floor scraper on another. Never know when you’ll need one…
More Flooring Projects
If you would like to read about other flooring projects we’ve done, please check out the posts below:
NancyY says
Thanks for the post. We are just a few weeks away from closing on a house with old upstairs carpet so it is great to get a preview of what work we have ahead of us! I see others have suggested freecyle and craigslist, but you should also research recycling the carpet. Start with a search on http://www.carpetrecovery.org to see if there are recyclers near – some even pick up for a small fee. I know you guys like to be eco-conscious so it would be great if the carpet didn’t go to the landfill. Sorry if this is a duplicate info (I didn’t read through all comments…).
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Nancy!
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Lynds says
Hey John and Sherry,
The timing of your new house is awesome as we have a new house too! We are just about to undertake the exact same project except we’ve moved in already (it was either that or pay for a hotel!) so it’s going to be a biiit more difficult. I was trying to figure out if your daughter is barefoot in the picture, are the subfloors smooth enough to live with for a bit? We need to get this started soon (before we have even more furniture to move!) and not sure if we can pull the carpet up all at once or if we should go room by room laying the new floor before we start the next room. Luckily our carpet isn’t quite as gross as your old stuff is!
Also did you buy your floor yet? It has to sit a week in the space before you install or you can end up with some ugly gaps. Congrats on the new place!
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, we’re all about acclimation! We’ll have details on the new flooring (and all the options we considered) soon!
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Lil says
That already looks so much better! When we removed carpet several years ago, the garbage truck would take it if you cut the carpet into smaller rolls (maybe 4 ft wide)?
Are you going to paint before you put in new floors?
YoungHouseLove says
We’re pretty well versed in painting walls with wood flooring on the ground already (that was pretty much the story of our first and current house) but we’d love to spray all that blue and mauve trim while the flooring is up, then lay the floors, and eventually paint the walls when we’re sure what colors we want to go with :)
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June says
You can probably recycle all of that carpet. It’s often free or much cheaper than sending it to a landfill!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks June!
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hollie says
I would totally be wanting to paint those walls and all that trim before putting in beautiful new hardwoods! Do y’all have plans?
YoungHouseLove says
We hope to spray the trim before we get those floors in :)
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hollie says
awesome! can’t wait to see it! super excited for y’all!
sophie says
yup. been there, done that. and it’s no fun (and one of our rooms had the underlay GLUED DOWN. Took forever to scrape that stuff off. And those staples. ugh. I think our muscles hurt for a week afterwards.
Be careful with fumes – carpet underlay is particularly toxic!
As an alternative to hardwood, we painted our floors with deck and floor paint right on the plywood floor. It has stood up remarkably well over the past three years, with two active boys running up and down the stairs and scraping things through their rooms. We might, in the future, upgrade to hardwood when the boys are less prone to denting,banging, scraping, and generally bashing their worlds, but for now it’s fabulous.
lisa says
I read some where that when you take up carpet on stairs, use a flashlight to find the staples. you lay a flashlight down (turn it on obviously!) and it will cast shadows on all the staples that are left behind. you might find that helpful if you haven’t already removed the carpet on the stairs!
YoungHouseLove says
Smart!
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Stephanie says
Not sure if it’s already be mentioned, but check with your garbage collection service about the old carpet and padding. I helped a family member remove carpet from some rental properties and as long as the rolls were cut down to 4 foot widths, their regular trash service would pick them up.
I’m so excited for you guys to be getting started on a new project. I can’t wait to see the blue trim covered, ha! I would use a sprayer on all of it before putting in the new floors.
YoungHouseLove says
Great tip Stephanie!
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EngineerMom says
We ripped out 700sqft of carpet and then refinished the oak floors we found underneath a couple of years ago in our previous home.
On terminology – the thing in the photo you called a “crowbar” is actually called a “cat’s paw”. A crowbar is just shaped like an “L” – it doesn’t have that little wiggle that looks a little bit like the bent front paw of a kitty.
That cat’s paw give you a LOT more leverage if you stick the tiny short end under the tack strip and push (or hammer with a rubber mallet) on the other end. Placing a thin shim under the bend in the cat’s paw (where it touches the floor) can help protect a floor you’re planning to leave without refinishing. On a floor you’re planning to finish, you’ll be sanding, so a few nicks here and there won’t matter.
YoungHouseLove says
Who knew?! Love the tip!
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Hillary says
I love how John is wearing a dress shirt and nice khaki shorts (day 2) to do manual work. you should see the outfits I (or my husband) wears when we do dirty work! I notice Jeremy Bower also likes a good “dress shirt” for using a wet saw, spray painting, building… etc. I just think it is funny. But then again, maybe I would think twice about my outfits if I was putting pics up for 5 million viewer! haha.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha! Boys are pretty funny about their work duds…
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Peggy says
I just can’t get over the similarities of your 2 homes and my daughter’s. Her family moved from a small home in BonAir and now are in Midlothian. Got a good deal on a home (sadly in a divorce situation) and from what I see on your site…it is remarkably similar. She too had to tear out smelly carpet. She is a do it yourselfer by necessity (working full time away from home cuts into rehab time). I think her next project to tackle is the god awful tile floor. She got your book while she was rehabbing her kitchen cupboards and was glad to see she was on the right track with them. We have discussed the ideas she will get from your rehabbing the new home. I think her husband is holding his breath!!
YoungHouseLove says
That’s so sweet Peggy! Best of luck to her!
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Sarah @ The Ugly Duckling House says
Gosh, I remember this all too well. When I ripped out the ugly brown carpeting in the house a couple of years ago, the padding was in such rotten shape, it turned to dust as we were hauling it out. So, my advice: be sure to wear a mask! Yours looks like it’s a little more stable, so lots of luck!
Izzy says
Totally feeling your pain, my boyfriend and I ripped up a few rooms’ worth of green shag carpets last fall. The smell was AWFUL, getting it out made such a huge difference in the house.
We got lucky with hardwood underneath, but that meant we had to pull out every. single. staple. by hand with pliers. Glad that’s behind both of us :)
Gabi Barrick says
I am excited to follow this process – our upstairs carpet will need to be replaced down the road. I’d love hardwood, but I’m worried about noise (I’ve heard carpet muffles it a bit). It ALREADY sounds like a heard of elephants when my three little bits are running around upstairs… I can’t imagine it being even louder. :)
YoungHouseLove says
They sell some pretty amazing underlayment for hardwoods that cut down on that stuff. And with area rugs on top it’s even more muffled :)
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Amber says
So much better! I’m excited to see you take this new house by the horns!
I apologize if this has already been said (I’m short on time and haven’t read the other comments). Walk around ever inch of the 2nd floor before you put down hardwoods to look for squeaky floors. You can stick a screw in the subfloor to fix squeaks but you want to do that before you get your hardwoods down.
We have hardwoods throughout our house (minus bathrooms and kitchen) and I LOVE it! I can hear every step that comes from the 2nd floor, but it is kinda nice to know where my munchkins are upstairs. They think I have a secret knowing power.
YoungHouseLove says
Great tip Amber!
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Bonnie says
Timely post. I’m going to be ripping up wall-to-wall carpeting in our guest room this weekend. Now off to Lowe’s to get a long handled floor scraper. Thanks!
Christina says
Wow I wish I had known about that! We had a 10×10 office with carpet that we replaced with laminate…I went the plyer route and it took for.ever.er for one tiny room. Glad you found an alternative!
Katie says
We rent an apartment, so obviously we’re not doing any carpeting these days. But our former cat liked the carpet by our bedroom and closet doors so much that she pulled it up and ripped a good portion of it to shreds. Our baby will be crawling in a few months and I’m not really sure how to go about fixing these corners! I don’t want her to be able to pull the carpet up (it isn’t secure since they replace the carpet after each tenant). Can you just smush in some carpet remnants? I have no clue how it works and I’m afraid to call the landlord… again… about a problem we created ourselves!
YoungHouseLove says
Anyone have tips for Katie?
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Marcy says
If it’s a small area, you can patch it. Our dog did something similar in our old house digging for a bug. Our spot was probably 6″ x 3″ and we followed instructions similar to those on This Old House: http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-to/intro/0,,20255285,00.html
We’ve since had mutliple tenants in that house and the patch is still perfectly invisible.
Kimi P says
Call a carpet company!! They can match and replace spots of carpet… My friend had to do this when she moved out of her rental. Her dog had some major “Mommy left and I am mad” issues.
Jess says
Area rug.
Kate says
I just did this same thing to my new house this weekend! We did find that the old carpet we had tears easily so we were able to rip it into 3′ wide strips and then tape it up with duct tape so that it fit the city dumpster limitations.
Dana S. says
We did this in 2007 for our townhouse. I wasn’t consistent with wearing a mask and developed strong allergies to dust/dust mites afterwards. It didn’t affect my husband, but I want to caution anybody who’s about to undertake this type of project to err on the side of caution.
Question for YHL: are you going to paint the walls and trims before putting down new floors?
YoungHouseLove says
We’re pretty well versed in painting walls with wood flooring on the ground already (that was pretty much the story of our first and current house) but we’d love to spray all that blue and mauve trim while the flooring is up, then lay the floors, and eventually paint the walls when we’re sure what colors we want to go with :)
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Jessica says
Ah! Tack strip and staple removal is the worst! We removed some nasty cat pee carpet in a room where we previously lived. It was so dirty and gross! Thankfully there were hardwood floors underneath, but they needed some serious scrubbing and deodorizing!
Will you be replacing any of the stained subfloor? If they are pet stains, could they potentially be a smell issue? I don’t know if there are any products to use to seal/ block the stain or smell or if you need to treat the sub floor at all (sanding?).
YoungHouseLove says
Thankfully there’s no odor so we’re leaning towards working with it (assuming it works under the hardwood we want to install and doesn’t need to be converted into plywood, etc).
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Jasmin S. says
I didn’t read through all of the comments, so someone may have already suggested it, but you guys should think about spraying the trim before you put down the new floors. Maybe you already though of that but since I’m assuming you aren’t keeping that country blue trim it would make sense to spray it white while you don’t have to worry about the floors getting paint on them. I’m excited about your new house but I have to say I’m seriously sad that you’re selling the ranch :( I love that house, I’m sad to see it go!
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, that’s the plan!
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Marcy says
The Big Box stores weren’t willing to remove carpet in areas that wouldn’t get carpet installed (even though they spent time measuring and quoting it all, then changed their minds).
So we were prepared to do this back-breaking labor ourselves (+2000 sq ft of NASTY carpet) but we actually found a guy who removed it for $2/sq yd and he hauled it away (and he scraped the floors which had a ton of glue in addition to tacks, nails, staples, etc.
Since we don’t have a truck, we don’t have bagster in our area, and we had SO MUCH carpet, the difference in disposal cost to us vs having it removed AND disposed was more than worth it.
YoungHouseLove says
So smart Marcy!
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My Boys' Teacher says
Ugh. I feel for you guys. I’m getting sore muscles just reading the post. It could be worse though…I helped a friend remove carpeting from their house when they moved in. The previous owner had tons of cats that peed all over from the stress of moving. The carpets were so wet cat urine would run down our arms as we carried the carpet out of the house. You are stirring up BAD memories for me today.
YoungHouseLove says
That’s the worst!
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NOTyourrunofthemill says
I love progress!
Don’t want to be a bummer but… did you check under the carpet on the stairs?
Most times the only hardwood used is what is visible on either side of the step.
*crossing fingers you have full oak strips.
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, we pulled it back just to have a peek! Thankfully they’re solid wood :)
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Jenny says
We removed carpet and vinyl flooring in order to install tile. The staples from the carpeted areas weren’t too bad – we used the end of a crow bar to push against them similiar to your scraper and they popped right out. The problem was under the vinyl. Since vinyl won’t stick to subfloor the builders laid luan board that was stapled in a zillion places (and I’m really not kidding about the zillion)! Since we were installing hardiboard over the subfloor we just got happy with the hammer and pounded the staples down rather than trying to pull every one of them. Really was a great stress reliever!
Vanessa says
Not sure if someone commented with this info already – but check with your cities’ waste department. We did the same thing and cut our carpet into either four or five feet bundles – you might be able to cut your rolls once and fold them on themselves and I think there is a weight limit – taped them up and they haul them away for free. Same with the padding – although not heavy just flatten and tape and they will take them on either bulk pick up day or on regular trash day (as with us – we don’t have a bulk pickup day they take everything on trash day). Spend some money on a big roll of duct tape and tape them it’s a lot quicker/easier then string/twine. Hope this helps. Looks good! Our whole house was in carpet that had been peed on by a cat – so it stunk a lot worse and it was a much bigger job – you guys make it look easy!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks for the tip Vanessa!
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Tina Bland says
We did this in my parents house and got so fed up with the staples that we actually just nailed them into the floor so that they didnt pop up anymore. They were just replacing old carpet with new, so that worked for them. If you are doing hardwood that may not work!
Laura C says
I feel for you guys – pulling up old (orange shag) carpeting was one of the first home improvement jobs I helped my parents with. I was about 8 and when they saw all the staples my parents plunked a pair of pliers in my little hands and had me pitch in. I was young enough that I actually thought it was fun.
Liz says
Oh man. I did this once, in a house that was built in the 1880s (it was a huge old monster, but gorgeous except for the thick cabled berber on the stairs, landing, and bedroom). Did you get a ton of SAND out of yours? The house is several hours inland from the beach, so I’m not entirely sure how it all got there (the carpet was probably laid in the 80s or 90s, and I pulled it up in 2008 for the gorgeous original hardwoods underneath). Ugh. I don’t envy you one bit… hardwood is now a requirement in any house I live in/rent.
YoungHouseLove says
Yes, there was sand! I thought it was from the back of the carpet or the padding thought! But there was at least a cup full in each room!
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Kimi P says
I wish I read this before I ripped out my carpeting 3.5 years ago!
Not only was is old and not matching in every room, it was covered in “Pet Stains”– I swear this family never EVER took their dogs/cats/rabits outside.
We ended up sitting on 5 gallon buckets and pulling up all of the staples by had… That floor scrapper sounds amazing.
I also had to get on the floor and scrub the stuck to the sub-floor “pet stains”… I even had to paint Killz to get finally get rid of the nasty smell!!!
I cannot wait to see what you do with this house!
Tabbitha @ Turnip Tootsie says
I bet the two of feel much better after getting that not so beautiful carpet out! Question- Will guys paint the walls before installing the hardwood flooring so you don’t have to worry about protecting new flooring?
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Tabbitha
YoungHouseLove says
We’d love to at least spray the trim before floors go down!
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Ariana says
It looks SO much brighter! Oak floors are totally the way to go. Are you guys thinking about going the Bower route and buying a sprayer for all of that blue/mauve/cream trim??
YoungHouseLove says
Yes! Let me at ’em!
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Jess says
Oh yeah, the joys of old, stinky carpet. I can empathized fully. We actually ended up renting a big ol’ dumpster for a few weeks to handle all the carpet, floor tiles, baseboard heaters, ceiling tiles, unsalvageable baseboard trim, the remnants of the crazy mirror wall (fun), and of course…loads and loads of tack strips, which I never want to see again. We let the garage pile up until we were pretty well done with demo and then had the dumpster brought in and moved everything in there. It was around $120 I think, not bad for the convenience.
If I could go back though we’d have rented that thing right off the bat, nothing sucks more than having to carry all that crap out of your house than having to carry it again to the dumpster :)
Congrats on the progress! And yes, those scrapers are a gift from the brilliant invention gods, right up there next to wall steamers…which I hope you’ve invested in for the wallpaper.
Leslie R. says
We’ve removed carpet more.than.once. And, every time (even 20 year old brown shag carpet) we’ve sold every last carpet fiber. I still wonder – who buys used carpet????
Melissa@TheHappierHomemaker says
Oh my gosh, that looks like so much work! You guys are my DIY idols!
Allison says
Love the garage curtains! ;)
We had wall to wall carpeting on the entire first floor of our bungalow covering up (what are now) gorgeous oak floors. Removing all those staples/nails was a NIGHTMARE (no scraper used, just screwdrivers and needle nose pliers), but worth it after seeing it refinished!
LauraC says
Now’s the time to paint that trim! So nice to not worry about the bottom (or the top if you’re going to paint the walls later! We had decades-old carpet to pull out too, so I hear ya in the stinky-gross job department. However, it was only one bedroom and a small hallway, and my husband and his dad did all of the work! But fortunately, no staples, just nice hardwoods underneath.
Traci says
I just noticed that even parts of the stair railing is painted blue. You guys really have your work cut out for you! Can’t wait to see all the renovations to come!
Ben says
In the future if you have a lot of nails to pull you should pick up a leveraged nail puller like this one: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00002N7SD
It’s worth it’s weight in gold if you’re pulling nails by the hundreds or thousands.
YoungHouseLove says
Smart!
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Dawn says
What a job! I think you’ve cured me of my temptation to rip up the carpeting in our upstairs (from a few pulled corners I suspect the subfloor is planked wood painted white, which sounds lovely until you actually rip up the carpet and it’s not lovely white planks).
Congratulations on everything. My housewarming gift to you is that you don’t have to reply to this comment. :-)
jesser says
So glad you’re going with wood floors upstairs. I’ve been dying to do this and every time I bring it up, I get lots of “even in the bedrooms? so cold” and “won’t it bother you to hear everyone moving around??” This might just push me over the edge. Can’t wait to see the results! ;) FYI when we ripped up our main floor carpet, we were able to recycle it (think we paid a little for pickup) as fuel for blast furnaces for concrete processing operations (and that is the extent of my knowledge on that subject). I was glad to have it in not-a-landfill.
Ally says
Aaaand … with the carpet removal the Petersiks have officially make more progress in their new home than I have in the home I’ve lived in for four years. :)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, you’ll catch up!
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Melanie says
Are you going to paint before doing the floors? I would think it would be tons easier, faster, and not as messy to paint, especially the trim, before doing the flooring.
YoungHouseLove says
If you scroll back in the comments we answered that a bunch :)
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Leiann says
Looks awesome!! I absolutely LOVE what a difference just ripping out dingy carpet can make (even if it means exposing boring plywood)! This is going to look so great!
I have been in my 1950 house for almost four years and have taken out all the carpet in there to expose the wood floors underneath. I just recently took it out of the last bedroom and I could not be happier!
I am getting so pumped for your new house projects! :)
~Leiann
Amy Hawkins says
Aww, I’m so sad that you guys removed all those tack strips with such a teeny crowbar!! I ripped up all my upstairs carpet last year, and the secret is #1: an extra large crowbar (one of those big guys that are like 2 feet long with one end flat and the other end hooked, the wider the prying surface the better) #2: a rubber mallet to beat on the flat end! (A hammer would work too but all that metal on metal is hard on the ears.) It worked like a charm and no blisters!
I found it strangely satisfying to pry up a big long strip without cracking it… kind of like peeling an orange and keeping the peel in one piece. Ok, I’m weird.
YoungHouseLove says
Great tips Amy!
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Megaroonie says
Love the new place, I’m so excited that you’re working on it already! Can’t wait to see its beauty unfold!
pat says
Even if you don’t want to paint the wals before the new floors go in you might want to do the ceilings!
This is so exciting. I only found your blog a couple of weeks ago and went back through tons of your posts on renovating the current house but I’m loving getting in on the ground floor with this one.
I just have to watch. I’m way too old to even consider doing any of that stuff anymore but I love to watch. :)
Analise says
Can we talk about how that list picture of Clara is THE CUTEST PHOTO I’VE EVER SEEN?? I swear, your child is a-DOR-able! So much joy. Kudos to you two for raising such a happy, joy-filled little girl.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, she’s pretty darn cute. I think we’ll keep her ;)
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Jen says
We’re in the midst of this task ourselves! have you done the stairs yet? They’re even worse!
The bad news is we learned we have a leak (and we can’t tell if it’s a roofing leak or an inner-wall bathroom leak), and we have a cracked step. The good news is we learned we have these things, and we can fix them before the new carpeting arrives.
Ah, the joys of home ownership!
YoungHouseLove says
Haven’t done the stairs yet, but we’ll blog all about it when we do!
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