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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 458802" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>I was thinking creosote... and it might not be a recent thing.</p><p>If there was wood or oil heat in the history of the house, AND problems with it... its possible that there is creosote in the sub-floor. In which case... even changing the carpet would not solve the problem! It will just eventually through again. IF it is something like this, the landlord would have to replace the sub-floor, or at least put another layer of subfloor over top.</p><p></p><p>Is there anywhere that you could peek below the carpet? With a forced-air-furnace, you can lift out a vent from the floor, and then check between the carpet and underlay or underlay and sub-floor. If the sub-floor is all stained... then the problem is in that layer.</p><p></p><p>I even saw one rental house where the problem was years of accumulated cig. smoke... soaked right through the carpets into the sub-floor. Walls were handled with wallpaper - before and after - so they could get rid of most of that - but the carpet... required a change of sub-floor.</p><p></p><p>Its also possible that the landlord got scammed by some company who offered to waterproof the floor beneath the carpet (before one of the carpet changes in the past)... and used a tar-based sealant.</p><p></p><p>And no, this isn't because the carpet is white. You'd see the problem eventually, no matter what color the carpet. It just shows up faster this way!</p><p></p><p>And no, the solution isn't to lay hardwood or laminate over that subfloor in place of carpet... might not come through quite as fast, but its STILL a problem.</p><p></p><p>"If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when will you have time to do it over?"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 458802, member: 11791"] I was thinking creosote... and it might not be a recent thing. If there was wood or oil heat in the history of the house, AND problems with it... its possible that there is creosote in the sub-floor. In which case... even changing the carpet would not solve the problem! It will just eventually through again. IF it is something like this, the landlord would have to replace the sub-floor, or at least put another layer of subfloor over top. Is there anywhere that you could peek below the carpet? With a forced-air-furnace, you can lift out a vent from the floor, and then check between the carpet and underlay or underlay and sub-floor. If the sub-floor is all stained... then the problem is in that layer. I even saw one rental house where the problem was years of accumulated cig. smoke... soaked right through the carpets into the sub-floor. Walls were handled with wallpaper - before and after - so they could get rid of most of that - but the carpet... required a change of sub-floor. Its also possible that the landlord got scammed by some company who offered to waterproof the floor beneath the carpet (before one of the carpet changes in the past)... and used a tar-based sealant. And no, this isn't because the carpet is white. You'd see the problem eventually, no matter what color the carpet. It just shows up faster this way! And no, the solution isn't to lay hardwood or laminate over that subfloor in place of carpet... might not come through quite as fast, but its STILL a problem. "If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when will you have time to do it over?" [/QUOTE]
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