We wanted hard flooring in our upstairs fitness studio in place of the original, builder-grade carpet, but when we called around, we shocked by how much it would cost! Looking to shave a few bucks off labor by pulling up the carpet ourselves (something I knew we could handle!) eventually turned into completing the entire job. I did lean on the friendly and knowledgeable staff at our local Lowe's as well as a couple friends for tips and encouragement. In the end, we saved a lot of money and had a terrific family learning and bonding experience which the boys will take with them on into their own renovation projects some day.Before
Carpet Removal and floor substrate preparation
Besides chopping and rolling the carpet, the composite foam pad underneath also had to come up... and then the tedious, laborious scraping and smoothing of any glue residue and remnant foam, sticking up nail heads (there were a couple!), and uneven wood surface joins (yep there was one).
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 Also had to prep the door frame trim to tuck new flooring underneath -- that was a dumb move. :( and a lot of work . .  And finally laying the vinyl plank flooring
Lots of measuring, scoring, snapping, and cussing (when the kids had gone to bed. . . and through the night .. literally until school drop off time in the a.m. one night!)
     
And add some quarter-round trim    |
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