I can t imagine the cost would be that much more.
Can i put floating hardwood over pre installed carpet.
We didn t know enough about our future to justify the.
They do sell thin flat padding for wood and laminate.
No carpet pad is both taller and softer then pads meant for floating laminate and wood floors.
If the sheet vinyl is intact you can go over it with several things however laminate is not appropriate with floor differentiations it will peak.
Wood laminate flooring directly over the carpet.
3 measure the thickness of the carpet.
2 measure and cut tackless strips to fit around the perimeter of the room where you are going to lay carpet.
A rug over carpet.
Set the tackless strips parallel to the wall at.
The hardwood floor provides a strong floor base so there is no need for underlayment.
When floating engineered hardwood over it will be tempting to not put an underlay underneath the floor but you will need to put a floating floor underlay between the existing floor and the new engineered floor to prevent squeaking.
If it s a laminated floating floor it would put too much give on the seams and end up destroying it.
Carpet floors can be a hassle to work around especially when you re renting but they don t have to be.
Sure i d get my security deposit back but i d have to live with a disgusting 8 x 10 cover up in the meantime.
Installing carpet over existing hardwood floors is less complicated than installing carpet over a subfloor.
No pad of any kind should be used on any other type.
When you put a temporary floor over carpet you can have beautiful easily installed new floors that also help save.
We just lay it right on top of the carpet and then put the hardwood on top of that.
I am considering.
We have done this twice now because.
Can you put hardwood floor over carpet padding.
Feels nice and solid now.
They got it all torn out and had new carpet installed.