We had no idea what was under the carpet, so I was a little nervous knowing we'd be living with whatever it was for a while as we paint and re-floor the entire upstairs. I had nightmares of broken floor boards from the 1900's full of splinters that would get in people and animal feet! Boy oh boy was I surprised!
First layer under the field of green was of course carpet padding...
second layer...
VINYL! I couldn't believe it! It's a sheet of vinyl on top of the original floor boards...what a relief! Laying a new floor will be simple (so we hope) on top of that!
We have a bit more carpet that has to come up, then we'll paint and lay a nice new floor! I can't wait...stay tuned...I'm sure it won't be this easy much longer!
