Ripping Up Carpet And Staining Concrete

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Ripping up carpet and staining concrete.

The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked. An old linoleum bathroom floor is updated with a concrete overlay scored and stained to look like stone tile. 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. See more ideas about ripping up carpet concrete stained floors basement remodeling.

Stained concrete would be much cleaner and smell fresher than carpet in the finished basement. I want to rip up the carpet and stain the concrete under it. Some of the challenges include ripping up and disposing of the old flooring and removing any adhesives. I bought a house that has a small sunroom but it is carpeted.

Pull back a corner of the carpet using a pair of pliers. 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. 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. 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.

It would have cost us over 3000 for new carpet and more than that for tile or wood floors and we purchased the items needed to stain the concrete ourselves and instead got the job done for less than 600 and have ended up with a much better outcome in my opinion.