From Carpet To Hardwood Floors

Hardwood floors but it ll likely cost you a lot less over the long run to install a hardwood floor.

From carpet to hardwood floors.

Use the pliers to pull up any staples that remain stuck in the floor. Laminate is more diy friendly and moisture resistant than both wood and carpet. Home improvement shows make pulling up carpeting as simple and exciting as. Today hardwood floors are a highly desirable home feature but not long ago wall to wall carpeting was all the rage.

The cost to install laminate flooring averages 2 750 compared to hardwood s average of 4 400 and carpet s average of 1 600. It s a nasty job especially if the carpeting you remove was glued to the underlying hardwood floor which was the case in one of my flooring jobs. The average lifespan of a carpet is anywhere from 3 to 10 years. One is an entirely synthetic soft quiet inexpensive material with a relatively short lifespan while the other is a natural hard and expensive flooring material that is likely to last longer than.

Each has advantages and disadvantages. If you buy a cheap carpet that isn t very well made has poor quality fibers and sub par backing you. Use your standard screwdriver to pry them from the floor. I ve also had the pleasure of redoing hardwood floors on several occasions.

Sure it might be cheaper in the short term to install carpet vs. Carpet padding strips staples nails glue. Installing hardwood floors can cost between 9 and 12 per square foot compared with about 3 to 5 per square foot for carpet so some homeowners opt to install hardwood floors only in some. These are two of the most common of all flooring materials and also the two that are the most different from one another.

Dispose of tacking strips and any staples or nails that held the strips in place. In my experience the carpet or hardwood question isn t an either or issue. Find pros wood vs.