Can I Pull Up Carpet And Stain Concrete

The carpet is ruined from pets and to have it replaced with hardwood is so expensive.

Can i pull up carpet and stain concrete.

I pulled up a section of the worst and the concrete is clean and dry. So i asked a contractor about staining the concrete floor and he said you really can t do it if carpet is down with a pre exisiting concrete floor due to cracks and unlevel concrete. Some of the challenges include ripping up and disposing of the old flooring and removing any adhesives used to glue it down. Heres the deal its in the master bedroom berber and would meet tile in the bathroom and hardwood to door exit.

Can you pull up carpet and stain the concrete underneath. It s a sound theory but should only be executed by a professiona. To get the job done and silence the squealer we figured that if we researched staining pre carpeted concrete floors on the web we could pull up the berber carpet and stain our dining room bedroom hallways and living room by ourselves for about 500. Remove the 3 foot wide carpet sections from the tack strips by shaking the carpet in a back and forth motion while pulling it up from the surface of the floor.

If you ever wanted to replace your carpet with stained concrete you should watch this first. The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked. It is better to stain it from the beginning that way when they pour the concrete they know they are set up to stain it.