View Full Version : I'm removing carpet from a 2nd floor bathroom to do a concrete stain.
Polenaid2022
Nov 14, 2010, 04:32 PM
There isn't concrete under the rug but wood. Is the wood the carpet is tacked to covering the concrete?"
tickle
Nov 14, 2010, 04:34 PM
Lift a piece of wood and see, but I doubt there is concrete under it.
If it is a newer style condominum then yes, concrete, but not wood on top of concrete.
Tick
Polenaid2022
Nov 14, 2010, 04:45 PM
Thank You. It's a 15 yr old home in Texas. I replaced a toilet a few months ago and saw concrete so I assumed concrete was under the carpet. The wood is pretty thick and flaked when I tried to pry, so before I caused more damage I wanted advice.
creahands
Nov 14, 2010, 11:07 PM
If your house is on a slab, no basement, then u probably have concrete under wood. The wood was used to keep down the transmission of cold from concrete. If u wood is flaking, u may have a moisture problem.
Is the tub sitting on the wood? If so u will have problem wood as tub will be too high or want to down.
Chuck
tickle
Nov 15, 2010, 03:09 AM
If your house is on a slab, no basement, then u probably have concrete under wood. The wood was used to keep down the transmission of cold from concrete. If u wood is flaking, u may have a moisture problem.
Is the tub sitting on the wood? If so u will have problem wood as tub will be too high or want to down.
Chuck
Chuck, OP states it is a second floor bathroom. Concrete on second floor??
Tick
creahands
Nov 15, 2010, 09:28 AM
My wrong. Did not read header. Sorry
Chuck
ma0641
Nov 16, 2010, 09:15 AM
You might be looking at some floor leveler, it can look like concrate or there may have been a wet bed base and tile originally. In a house this age, never can tell what's happened over the years.