Process to replace all flooring?
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:09 am
I am ready to tackle replacing all of my flooring. The cheap, crappy carpet the builder installed is cheap crappy carpet! LOL! And, they used railroad spikes to nail the perimeters down.
Right now, all is carpeted except for kitchen & laundry which is linoleum. Previous owner smoked and was severely arthritic - so there are burn marks all over the linoleum.
My intent is carpet for the living room + front bath - then faux wood everywhere else. I have to use carpet in the living room as the marriage joint is not exactly perfect - so faux wood wouldn't lay down well.
It would be great to replace it all at once - but that is kind of impractical at the moment. I can't exactly move the whole house out on the lawn! LOL
So, I need to do this in sections and kind of in this order....
living room + front bath,
kitchen + laundry room
master bedroom+bath+closet
bedroom 2
bedroom 3
Is this practical? How do I handle the transitions from carpet to faux wood during the incomplete time? Do I just cut the existing carpet back a few inches??
Right now, all is carpeted except for kitchen & laundry which is linoleum. Previous owner smoked and was severely arthritic - so there are burn marks all over the linoleum.
My intent is carpet for the living room + front bath - then faux wood everywhere else. I have to use carpet in the living room as the marriage joint is not exactly perfect - so faux wood wouldn't lay down well.
It would be great to replace it all at once - but that is kind of impractical at the moment. I can't exactly move the whole house out on the lawn! LOL
So, I need to do this in sections and kind of in this order....
living room + front bath,
kitchen + laundry room
master bedroom+bath+closet
bedroom 2
bedroom 3
Is this practical? How do I handle the transitions from carpet to faux wood during the incomplete time? Do I just cut the existing carpet back a few inches??