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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 415807" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I tend to agree about the carpet. </p><p></p><p>We had new carpet when we moved in her 7 yrs ago. It looks 50 yrs old now. The "bonus" of uber cheap carpet. In the diningroom there are places where it's worn through to the backing, which doesn't make much sense because if it were high traffic areas I might be able to understand it but it's all over the darn carpet even in places people don't walk. ugh So far the bedrooms have held up better. Well, ok maybe not Travis' room, but not changing his until he moves into his own place. lol</p><p></p><p>I'm trying to get brave enough to pull up a corner in the dining room carpet to see if idiot man who re-did this house was smart enough to leave the original hardwood floors underneath. I call him idiot man because he poured (literally) cement down the chimney into the gas fireplace and made it unusable. I'd want to fix that disaster too, but the more I look at it the more I don't think I'll be able too, I mean it's a solid enormous block of cement in there. ugh If there is hardwood underneath, carpets will be yanked out and I'll sand them down ect and not replace with carpet.......even in the living room. Bedrooms.....since I know he lifted the top floor up on a crane to redo wiring/plumbing and duct work......I'm guessing he ripped out the original hardwood flooring, so not sure I'm even going to try it up there.</p><p></p><p>I used to think carpet was lovely until mother in law and her hardwood floors. lol Now in her living room she had large pieces of carpeting she used as throw rugs, and I do mean large........but she got them cleaned twice a year and the way they were down she could take them up and get rid of them with no fuss anytime she wanted. Smart woman.</p><p></p><p>Janet my bro has spent a great deal of his adult life in mobile homes, and made money for a while fixing up old ones and reselling them. Have you looked in to newer models to see if it might be both easier and cheaper to invest in that than put all the time, money and effort into the old one?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 415807, member: 84"] I tend to agree about the carpet. We had new carpet when we moved in her 7 yrs ago. It looks 50 yrs old now. The "bonus" of uber cheap carpet. In the diningroom there are places where it's worn through to the backing, which doesn't make much sense because if it were high traffic areas I might be able to understand it but it's all over the darn carpet even in places people don't walk. ugh So far the bedrooms have held up better. Well, ok maybe not Travis' room, but not changing his until he moves into his own place. lol I'm trying to get brave enough to pull up a corner in the dining room carpet to see if idiot man who re-did this house was smart enough to leave the original hardwood floors underneath. I call him idiot man because he poured (literally) cement down the chimney into the gas fireplace and made it unusable. I'd want to fix that disaster too, but the more I look at it the more I don't think I'll be able too, I mean it's a solid enormous block of cement in there. ugh If there is hardwood underneath, carpets will be yanked out and I'll sand them down ect and not replace with carpet.......even in the living room. Bedrooms.....since I know he lifted the top floor up on a crane to redo wiring/plumbing and duct work......I'm guessing he ripped out the original hardwood flooring, so not sure I'm even going to try it up there. I used to think carpet was lovely until mother in law and her hardwood floors. lol Now in her living room she had large pieces of carpeting she used as throw rugs, and I do mean large........but she got them cleaned twice a year and the way they were down she could take them up and get rid of them with no fuss anytime she wanted. Smart woman. Janet my bro has spent a great deal of his adult life in mobile homes, and made money for a while fixing up old ones and reselling them. Have you looked in to newer models to see if it might be both easier and cheaper to invest in that than put all the time, money and effort into the old one? [/QUOTE]
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