Can I lay the floor plate directly on the wall-to-wall carpeting?
DAN DELSIGNORE, Canton A. Since it is not a supporting wall, supporting nothing but itself, you can put it on top of the wall-to-wall. Secure it with screws or nails so it is tight against the carpet. It’s better to cut the carpet where the plate is going to be, install the plate and wall, put on plasterboard, fitting it on top of the carpet edge, then install a baseboard, also covering the carpet. This way, both the plasterboard and the baseboard will cover the carpet edge, covering any fraying that results from cutting the carpet. Q. My upstairs rooms have short vertical walls, then a ceiling slanting at about 45 degrees, then a horizontal ceiling. Those short walls are not knee walls; outside those walls is the great outdoors. The plaster is falling apart at the joint between the angled ceiling and the vertical wall, and a crack appears along the full length of the room. And, paint is alligatoring along the joint. The ceilings and walls are insulated, and soffit vents and a ridge ve
