I'm thinking of just removing the carpeting for now and leaving the subfloor down at the moment. I have issues about standing on dirty carpet.
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I know it can be cleaned but after doing some renovations and seeing what is underneath carpet, it just totally disgusts me.
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Also, that will give us a chance to look at the subfloors and really inspect them. If they are too bad, hubby will get to them sooner. What do y'all think? This would just be a temporary solution, three months at the most. Flooring would go in before late fall. We've had field mice in this house we are in currently from all the construction and I think little bugs, animals, varmints, etc can live in and leave droppings in carpets. Since I have so many young ones around, I like the idea of laminate. That's what we used in one of our home renovations and I like them better than the hardwoods we have now. It's just that I have to be careful for at least six weeks and not lift anything or do anything that would strain abdomen or risk having another surgery. No thanks.
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So, I can paint but floors will have to be worked on when hubby is off work. He's installed them in at least five rooms before so it should go fast.
Not that I'm interested in doing this right now, but I saw this link the other day and thought it looked very interesting and a cost cutter for those needing a less expensive flooring.
http://www.thebudgetdecorator.com/faux_ ... floor.html