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“CARPET SCRAPS” Think Before Trashing That Old Carpet
A couple of weeks ago a friend asked for help removing a carpet because she was getting a new one professionally installed. I was more than happy to help. The carpet company wanted to charge an extra $75 to tear out the old carpet and another $75 to haul it away. Unfortunately, this is par for the course nowadays.
My friend was about to tell them to just go ahead with the removal until she took a look at her stack of bills and decided the $150 could be better spent. She wasn’t sure if she could do it on her own, so we set aside some time on the weekend,
When I got there Saturday morning I was happy to see she had cleared the room of all the furniture, except for one large dresser she was unable to move on her own. We moved the dresser out into the hallway and then surveyed the situation. I asked if she wanted to keep the carpet and she said “why would I want this one if I am getting the new one?” Good question. Like a lot of people, she didn’t know all of the practical uses for an old carpet. So… I gave her some options to consider:
· Cut it into 3’x 4’ squares and use as shoe mats outside your garage or basement door. You can get a good twenty of these out of a normal size room. When they get dirty you throw them away and put another one out. You don’t worry about trying to clean it because you didn’t spend $20 or more for something to wipe your dirty feet on.
· If you have some attic space with a wooden sub-floor, you can throw the old carpet down up there. It will help insulate the house from the attic a little and give you a cleaner area to store your stuff.
· Strips of these carpets also work out good for the wooden stairs going into the basement by keeping them cleaner and a little more comfortable to walk on barefoot. (easy installation to come on another date)
· If you’re looking to add a little play space but don’t want to break the bank, use the carpet to begin turning the basement into a play area for the kids, or a poker area for the guys. (easy inexpensive basement conversion to come on another date)
Depending on what you plan on doing with the carpet will direct how you go about removing it. Cutting the carpet in the room in smaller pieces before removing it is the easiest way to go, but you will want to ensure that you keep the carpet in sizes relative to what you plan on using it for.
My friend decided that she could use some of those nifty 3’ x 4’ squares. There was enough left over for me to take home and put in front of my work bench. It’s a lot warmer and softer than the concrete floor that I’m accustomed to standing on.
Don’t forget, if you’re getting a new carpet installed, you’ll want to keep the left over pieces. You can put them to good use just like the one you just removed. Let me know what uses you’ve found for Carpet Scraps. I’ll post your ideas and accomplishments for others to learn from.
Caldo’s here to give you a virtual hand with all of your home projects. Send him questions at caldo@davezillion.com
Reader Comments
I have use some extra carpet in the past and placed it in the attic. It’s a much cleaner place to store a lot of seasonal stuff.
Attic is a good idea! I’ve used old carpet scraps as my base for underneath my riding mower when changing the oil.
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Damn, that sound’s so easy if you think about it.
Great idea, but will this work over the long run?
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