Maybe someone knows something about this. You're the biggest audience I have for this question.
We're having a closet framed in a bedroom that currently has no closet. (I know. Weird. But if there's no closet, it's not a bedroom; and therefore, property taxes are lower.) Anyway . . . a guy was just out and said they would frame directly over the existing wall-to-wall carpet by putting down a steel track and then bolting it down to the foundation. Then, if we ever want to replace the carpet, they just cut the carpet right next to the wall. I guess I can't think of a reason not to do it that way, and it beats ripping up the carpet and replacing it right now. I just wonder if anyone has ever heard of this and whether you can foresee any problem with doing it that way. (My DH hasn't weighed in on this yet.)