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Cleaning old hardwood floors? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey all,

So I will be moving into a 70 year old house soon. There is some old carpet that needs removed. I already had a contractor come out and he tore a corner up and inspected it and said the hardwood floors underneath looked good.

He gave a quote of $2700 to remove the carpet and clean the floors for 3 rooms.

I was having some friends over this weekend to help clean and was debating doing it ourselves. I have a decent idea of getting the carpet out, but are unsure of what should be done with the hardwood floor.

Any help or pointers?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Be careful with asbestos aswell, some old carpet glues had asbestos in them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't know about glue, but it was for sure used as carpet padding in a certain Era. Worth looking up when that was and having it tested.