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1. 
   andyfew322 | Feb 25, 2008 05:08am | #1

   If the pad is in good condition, and you can get the carpet up without ruining it. then I don't see why not

   Andy - not a carpeter

    

   Ductape can fix EVERYTHING!!!

2. 
   peteshlagor | Feb 25, 2008 04:41pm | #2

   Yeah, clean up the stains for appearance, but leave the source of the smell (cat pizz) in the pad for the next guy to wonder about.  Keep's the rent from being able to be increased next year.

   Pad's cheep.

   Don't be a landlord that is.

   Or encourage another to be.

    

3. 
   jesse | Feb 25, 2008 06:02pm | #3

   Carpet in rentals = ongoing cost.

4. 
   PhillGiles | Feb 25, 2008 06:15pm | #4

   Go for the good pad; makes a cheaper carpet feel luxurious

    

   Phill Giles

   The Unionville Woodwright

5. 
   alwaysoverbudget | Feb 25, 2008 08:35pm | #5

   i tried to always save the pad if i could.being as i'm a tightwad landlord. in the last 5 years i have had to change that theroy. carpet has gotten high[12-15 yd is what i use]labor to instal has risen to about 5.00 a yard.i have found with new pad it makes the carpet wear a little longer ,and right now i'm doing pretty well to get 5 years out of a rug in a rental.now when i go back in 5 years to replace ,unless the pad has been p'd on i will use it again.but 10 yrs is max.

   by the way i'm having no luck with frazae[?] in rentals...... larry

   if a man speaks in the forest,and there's not a woman to hear him,is he still wrong?

6. 
   Geoffrey | Feb 25, 2008 08:43pm | #6

    

    

   you only get one chance to do it right the first time   

    That seems to sum it up pretty well,.......put in the new pad

                                                                                     Geoff

1. 
   Heck | Feb 25, 2008 10:51pm | #7

   New pad it is, thanks to all.you only get one chance to do it right the first time                   

1. 
   peteshlagor | Feb 26, 2008 12:54am | #8

   Because the next renter won't know what a nice guy you are, I'll say so.

   You're a nice guy.

   Thanking you for him.

    

1. 
   Heck | Feb 26, 2008 01:13am | #9

   I was just testing you guys...

   :-)you only get one chance to do it right the first time                   

2. 
   2weekstops | Feb 26, 2008 02:15am | #11

   I dont know how much area is involved but.......The guy I used to work for had

    about twenty apartment units.  Every time (almost) a tenant moved out he was

   putting in new carpet.  Most of the renters were younger and single .  Finally

   realized they probably didn't even own a vacuum cleaner.  He started putting

   down that cheap laminate flooring you snap together from Lowes or HD. 

   Cheaper than carpet and lasts longer.

7. 
   mrfixitusa | Feb 26, 2008 01:20am | #10

   About 10 years ago I removed dirty filthy carpet in the living room of a fixer upper home.

   Underneath was ANOTHER layer of carpet.

   It was old, dirty, filthy carpet.

   I removed it and underneath an old beat up carpet pad.

   I removed it and then what we do is paint the floor with OOPS paint from Home Depot prior to installing new carpet.

   The purpose is to seal any odors such as pet ####.

   Good luck!