The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked.
Ripping up carpet and staining concrete.
I want to rip up the carpet and stain the concrete under it.
I ve never done anything like this before so i was hoping someone could give me the steps that i need to take and the products that i will need.
An old linoleum bathroom floor is updated with a concrete overlay scored and stained to look like stone tile.
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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.
Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers.
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.
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.
Depending on the amount of light you get down there you may want to use a light colored stain if not much natural light or if a lot of natural light go with the darker leather color.
Removing carpet and staining concrete floor we have carpet right now and i was told by someone it is cheaper to stain your concrete floor instead of putting laminate wood flooring down.
Stained concrete would be much cleaner and smell fresher than carpet in the finished basement.
I bought a house that has a small sunroom but it is carpeted.
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