Recarpeting (Lowes, color, bedrooms, mold)

[mechenic]

Just had Lowes replace the carpet at my house. The installer did NOT replace all of the tack strips. They only replace a few in the hall way. I remembered some of the track strips looked pretty dark in the bedrooms especially in the closet. I forgot to ask the installer to replace them. Is it going to be a potencial mold problem in the future. My house is built in 2001 so the existing tack strips are 10 year old. Wha should I do?
Thanks!

[dedratermi]

No carpet installer that I know of replaces tack strips unless they are split or otherwise not suitable for holding carpet. Your 10 year old tack strips are fine. Don't worry about it.

[Pitt Chick]

I never heard of anyone replacing all the tack strips... they just replace any bad ones.

Why do you think the old ones will be a "potencial mold problem in the future"?
Do you have water in the walls/on the floor?

[Racelady88]

My husband is an installer. As someone else mentioned, tack strip does not need to be replaced unless it is no longer usable.

[mechenic]

Thanks for the response! No water found in the walls or floor. I just remeber some of the strips looks pretty dark/black especially in the closet and the installer did NOT replace them all. Not sure the dark/black color means mold or not. It is what concerns me right now. Thanks!

[Racelady88]

Any piece of unfinished wood will darken if exposed to any type of moisture. The darkening you see could be from a soda spilled 10 years ago or something along those lines. I am sure the wood is dry and will not be a potential mold problem.

[mechenic]

Thanks so much! That makes me feel much better now!