Do people really keep the old carpet when they buy a used house? (floor, refinish)
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I did not know anyone did that. To me is seems really disgusting. Even when we were renting we requried the landlord to replace the carpeting (or in one case, we did it becuase he refused and the rent was cheap and we loved the house). Carpeting in general is pretty disgusting, but it is nice to lie on the floor on. However I would not want to touch carpeting that has had unknown things done to it or on it over an unknown period of years by unknown people. The only thing I think think of that is worse is buying used underwear. Except at least you can clean underwear. Carpeting cannot be fully cleaned.
On the other hand, old carpeting makes a wonderful drop cloth if you are going to repaint walls refinish moldings and the like.
still trying to figure out what a used house is....... is that like a certified pre owned car?
maybe things are different in your area, but in mine, there are plenty of people who move into a house without replacing the carpets.
There are also plenty of people who replace the carpets. However, most of the homes are 30-60 years old, with others being older and only a small percentage of them being newer. So there is a lot of carpet that is 20years+ old that people rip out.
Outside of rarefied precincts like Grosse Ile Michigan...
most people will base the decision to keep carpet on it's age and condition.
Actually most of my experience is in Orange County CA, in Grosse Ile, we rented a house for a short time and then moved into our $1 house. Actually the rental in GI had gross carpeting but we were only going to stay there a very short time - however that changed. We just put some rugs and bankets over the carpeting.
So you are saying you would buy used underwear?
Have you evener pulled up used carepeting? It is incredibly disgusting underneath. Botht he underside of hte carpet and the padding and under the padding. Skin, nails, mold, goo every kind of ick imaginable.
I never thought about it in an apartment (except to make sure it was cleaned), I doubt I'd care in a house.
I'd get it replaced if it were old/worn. If not (a lot of people put in cheap/new carpet just to sell the place) I'd live with it until is needed replacement for physical (not psychological) reasons.
We could not afford to replace all the carpet in the house when we first moved in. We had it cleaned and gradually replaced it as we could afford to. So, yeah...people actually do this, and survive.
IF it was new, I woudl not have an issue with it for a while. But if it was more than a year old, I would replace it. Actually I would jsut remove it and not have carpeting anywhere, but my wife likes it. For most people it only usually takes one time looking under and at the back side of "professionally cleaned" cerpeting to make them jsut replace it or remove it always. It is not all that expensive.
Do people really replace all the carpeting when they move into a house?
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Originally Posted by Coldjensens
I did not know anyone did that.
Ever hear of steam cleaning?
What a waste of time, money, materials and resources to pull up perfectly decent carpeting, just because you're afraid of (non-existent) cooties. You can waste your money if you like; I'm not interested in doing so.
No one in my area tears out perfectly good carpet and puts in new.
There are companies that specialize in carpet cleaning.
Has NOTHING to do with used underwear, and I am surprised you think it does.
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