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Strictly speaking, no, but you'll tear through the belts faster without and could potentially damage the machine , costing you more in deposit money. I did as many as I could before and still missed some, partly because I got lazy. It then ate in to the time I had to sand, from hammering them in because it was chucking out sparks every time I went over one, which didn't feel to safe with a massive bag of potentially explosive sawdust so close. If they're cast iron victorian ones it'll be a total pita, as they'll have rusted into place.
tl;dr yes, but if you value your time more than your deposit don't bother.
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Wood floors. Rather than fork out for new boards we want to keep the original floorboards we found under the carpets. They're a bit wonky which we're OK with, however we will sand them down and treat them.
We've picked out all the tacks/staples etc but there are still some heavy duty nails with 1 or 2mm above the surface. Is this going to fuck the hired floor sander?
Am I really going to need to go inch by inch around 70 square meters of floor with a hammer and punch knocking them all in?