The wall-to-wall carpeting in my mother-in-law's home feels good underfoot.

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It had peeling wall paper, no air-conditioning, raggy carpeting, and mice.

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Although the retaining wall held, restricting the damage to the warehouse, there is still much work required to remove saturated flooring and carpeting which is trapped under heavy shelves of food.

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