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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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andos in reply to @swedeee

I would keep any carpet until you have got the majority of other work done. Its amazing how your nice newly sanded floorboard get fucked by work in the house (as someone who is seeing this happen right now). Having a carpet may encourage trades to be a bit more careful / tidy and then when all that is done you can sand and fill gaps if needed.

I'm unsure how much insulation you'll be getting from upper floor carpets, but you fill gaps or whatever pre-sanding.

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