If you can feel a soft spot in the floor under the carpet the subfloor has likely been weakened or damaged.
Can wood be found under carpet.
Normally you wouldn t have any problem with the subfloor rotting under carpeting in most rooms of the house.
With much older floors you may find screws and nails that previous homeowners used to stop squeaks.
Pet or other similar stains may be found under carpet in older floors.
If you plan to reuse them tap out the nails with a hammer number each one and stack them in a safe place.
This isn t the same as having a floor squeak when you step on it which simply indicates that the subfloor isn t tightly fastened to the floor joist in one area.
Floors with minor.
Then we cleared the room and began ripping out carpet.
How to fix wood rot under carpet.
If the wood floors under the carpet are in good shape they can be cleaned and used immediately auten said.
Carpet tack strip will have to be removed.
Start the carpet removal procedure by prying the baseboards off the walls with a pry bar.
Uncovering the 1960s hardwood floor under carpet.
You may find an enormous amount of dirt that sifted through the carpet and padding over the years.
We gathered the tools needed for removing carpet over hardwood floors see our list below.