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    Jul 25, 2010, 09:54 AM
    If I take up my carpets can I use the existing plywood subfloor as the main flooring
    I need to take up the 20 year old carpets in my home but can't afford hardwoods or lamanant flooring, can I use the existing plywood subfloor that's under the carpets as the main flooring until I can have proper flooring put down? I am going to do a paper bag floor so its not just the plain plywood that we will be walking on.I did this type of floor in a pryor home an it was still there when I sold the home 12 years later.
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    Jul 25, 2010, 10:22 AM

    In my area it is OK... Only bathroom floor and laundry floor has to have some kind of flooring installed... otherwise, in other rooms, sub-floor is OK...
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    Jul 25, 2010, 12:37 PM

    If this is your home and you are living in it, you can, the issues can be if you damage the subfloor to a level where they can't be used and have to be replaced before other flooring is put down.
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