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swedeee
need some advice on floorboards... we are moving to a 3 storey 4 bed victorian house in a couple of weeks. ground floor flooring is mostly hardwood flooring which we are happy with. 1st and 2nd floor (bedrooms and halls) have really naff grey carpet. in the master bedroom it does appear there are nice floorboards hidden under this carpet....
- How easy is it to remove the carpet and treat (sand?) the floorboards so that they would be fine to walk on? do the gaps need filling somehow?
- I am a bit concerned about removing the insulating features of the carpet... is there anything that can be done to mitigate against this? insulation under floorboards? or just rely on rugs
I am not 100% against carpet. just swore I would never ever get cream ones again as after 6 years our current ones look TERRIBLE - even with use of a spot cleaner here and there. Given there (should) be less footfall to the 2x bedrooms at the top of the house - would be fine with keeping carpet there. or do we get hardwood throughout the house + a runner on the stairs?

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Jameo in reply to @swedeee

As said, firstly pull up some carpet and check the condition of the boards, they may be fine with just a deep clean, maybe revarnish. Best result is obviously to sand, fill and refinish which you can do yourself if you’re keen.

If you do choose to sand them then do it before you move in. I wish we’d made the decision to sand our floors before we moved in but it would be too much trouble and dirt to deal with now. We just have rugs and tbh it’s fine.

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