Pulling up carpet grossness

[devonpow]

We finally pulled up some tacked down carpet the old owners had put down in front of the stairs (we have been here 5 years - we are slow lol). We are assuming the carpet was put down in 2000 during their big remodel - and we found twenty years of loose, disgusting filth under it. It was so bad!!! We are replacing the runner on the stairs soon and I’m scared of what we will find!!

[OG Jo]

The floors look gorgeous - I can't believe they covered it up!

[pumpkin]

Sept 30, 2019 16:16:55 GMT -5 OG Jo said:

The floors look gorgeous - I can't believe they covered it up!

I agree! They are beautiful!!

[devonpow]

They look better than they actually are because it’s still wet from my mopping in that photo lol. There are a few areas that aren’t great but I think we can make some improvements without a I’ll refinishing

[Wallflower]

I did that last fall - OMG, I would take the longest, hottest showers after I was done!!

Congratulations on the hard work - it looks fantastic!!!

[simpsongal]

OMG so much better - what was with their carpet choice? It's like they walked into the carpet store and asked for the carpeting at Dunder Mifflin.

[Susie]

Oh gross.  We found the same thing when we ripped up the original carpet in our house.  There wasn't hardwood underneath, but the dirt was definitely there.  It was really satisfying to clean though!

[thejackpot]

We had the carpet replaced in our old place getting it ready to rent out and the carpet guy had me dying when he was describing the muck he uncovered.

[mrsukyankee]

Yikes. I'm not looking forward to doing the carpet on the stairs and hallway after we buy the house.

[thatgirl2478]

I think that 'dirt' is actually disintegrating carpet pad... but I could be wrong. Gorgeous floors BTW!