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We have similar and secured anything that is creaking or unsupported because it has been chopped in the past, replace any which are particularly short or where a board has been chopped into 3/4 pieces. My dad's recommendation is to PVA the first 18 inches around the walls, caulk under the skirting and for the first few cm floorboard gaps to try and stop dirt getting around the underlay at the edge and into the carpet
Carpet fitters will on the whole turn up with underlay, carpet and the bits needed to fit.
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I will likely be sanding and hard waxing the boards in my office myself. Not going to bothering hiring the big sander this time as it's a tiny box room, too small to even maneuver the thing. Will use my belt sander and cordless RO (the latter worked better than the edge sander I hired when doing the loft spare room floor).
My daughter's room on the other hand, is massive, and the boards are fucked. Not in a structural way, just that they will never come up nice and there are far too many gaps. It would take a huge amount of work to make them anywhere near good enough to have a wood floor. We are thinking of carpet in their anyway as it will be a small child's bed/playroom. More cushioning for the inevitable swan dive off the furniture, a bit warmer and a bit of noise deadening for when she hammers about the place.
What would be the process for getting carpet on crappy floorboards? Do they get boarded over? If so, with what? Would carpet fitters do that boarding or would they normally expect to rock up and be able to fire down the underlay and carpet? Does this need a specialist? Again, I could ask my builder but it's still early in the relationship and not sure how readily he will say yes to things that I should really be getting a specialist for.