Church is having cultured stone installed on some interior walls. So instead of having the carpeting removed and the stone sitting on the slab. The stone is sitting on top of the carpet. Doesent this seem wrong? How will they replace the carpet with it sandwitched between the slab and stone?
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Seriously, I think you realize it seems fundamentally wrong. Are they shimming the stone up a 1/4" or so to allow future removal/ replacement?
I don't think I have ever seen a floor carpet to stone wall transition.
Is it volunteer workers?
Mike
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Nope its a "pro" contractor.
He will do it any way they want. The problem is the church board that makes these decision does know its not right.
The stone is attached to a paneled studed wall with tar paper then wire mesh nailed over it. he then put the rough coat of mortar over that.
Well I'd bet he is holding it up enough to remove the carpet.
But whoever matched stone to carpet may end up in designer's Purgatory. Mike
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"designer's Purgatory." I love it.
There's always the good, the bad, and the ugly involved in the approach to a job like that. Right, wrong, and get-by.
Doesn't seem like the stone should pinch the carpet so tight it would dramatically affect future carpet removal.
What is the substructure the stone being placed on? Is it block wall? A backerboard?
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cut it with a utility knife and pull hard?
that's how I'd do it ... bet it'd work too.
I don't see the big deal.
new carpet if and when is going to be cut around the stone and tucked.
it'll look exactly the same.
Jeff
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Jeff,
the stone is not flat across its face unlike brike, it has some undulations. So even if it cut off with a razor you will still have some old carpet showing.
I dont think it will just put out that easy as you need to pull up to get if off the tackless. I think the carpet is there for good.
2 things.1) I agree with Jeff that it will not be hard to remove the carpet so it won't show when recarpeted.2) I did a stone wall over carpet many years ago in my previous house. The look was au naturel, with huge variations in size and the joints raked very deep so it appeared dry-laid to the casual glance. To make an elegant transition from stone to floor, I set a piece of the baseboard nailed to 2x4 blocks on the slab so it sat 3.5" out from the backing wall behind the stone veneer. Then I stapled heavy plastic sheeting to the backside of the base and it protected both base and floor while the stone went up. Once all the mortar work was done, I cut the plastic away with a utility knife at the top of the base and you cannot tell it was there. The carpet dies into the straight run of base, and any other type of flooring could also replace the carpet, no problems.Bill
how is the carpet going to get vacumed and cleaned close to the bottom row of rocks i amagine a area that will look really dirty really quickly
"How will they replace the carpet with it sandwitched between the slab and stone?"
Cut close as possible to the stone then fire up the mapp torch to get the rest? Try to time the second step for during a fire & brimstone sermon. :)