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getting carpets up

We have just bought some carpet and waiting for it to be delivered. I have had a look at the stuff we are replacing. The one in the bathroom is hessian backed on underlay so that is not too bad, so is the hall. But the bedroom is rubber backed with by the looks no underlay or paper down.

Now I have helped get a carpet up like this before and it is a total nightmare!! :mad: the rubber backing just sticks to the floor boards and will not come off except with tons of WD40 and lots of scraping. Anyone got on tips on how to get this stuff off a bit better?? I dont want to spend 2 days on my knees scraping sticky stuff off the floor.


Thanks for any info
Jeremy
Married 9th May 2009

Comments

  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    use a spade!
    Get some gorm.
  • urbancookie1
    urbancookie1 Posts: 651 Forumite
    we had the same problem, used a garden hoe still hard work but not so back breaking
    My mind tends to wander............If found please return;)

    I can spell...................I just cant type:confused:
  • poppyolivia
    poppyolivia Posts: 2,976 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    We didn't have anything stuck??? Thats strange.
    You may walk and you may run
    You leave your footprints all around the sun
    And every time the storm and the soul wars come
    You just keep on walking
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