Everyone was so helpful when I had to remove the nasty carpet tacks and
discovered they weren't that difficult to remove after all.

Here's my next question. I'm installing a bamboo engineered flooring in
my living room. The bedroom is done and I want it to transition
perfectly from bedroom to livingroom. The difficulty is that my bedroom
doorway has all these nooks and crannies. The flooring will not slip
under the door jamb or the baseboards as eng. flooring is thicker than
laminate or carpet (which just slipped underneath BTW). I can hide
inside and outside with quarter round but the part in between is the
diffculty. Any tips? My BF suggested I just piece it together rather
than trying to make some difficult cuts on one board.

The next question is I have a tiled fireplace floor and a tiled hallway
floor. I can use a transition board in the hallway but can't really do
this for the fireplace area as it would look stupid and I need to do it
on 3 sides. The tiles would be level with the flooring when done. Any
tips?

TIA,
Melanie