Can I Put Floating Hardwood Over Pre Installed Carpet

Feels nice and solid now.

Can i put floating hardwood over pre installed carpet. 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. Konecto was never intended to put over carpet. If it s a laminated floating floor it would put too much give on the seams and end up destroying it. We just lay it right on top of the carpet and then put the hardwood on top of that.

Our daughter bought a house that had carpet installed over a floating floor and it felt bouncy. Carpet floors can be a hassle to work around especially when you re renting but they don t have to be. A rug over carpet. It stays in place under the weight of the laminate especially when you add furniture on top of that.

I am considering. 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. They got it all torn out and had new carpet installed. 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. We didn t know enough about our future to justify the. No carpet pad is both taller and softer then pads meant for floating laminate and wood floors. No pad of any kind should be used on any other type.

We have done this twice now because. I can t imagine the cost would be that much more. 2 measure and cut tackless strips to fit around the perimeter of the room where you are going to lay carpet. When you put a temporary floor over carpet you can have beautiful easily installed new floors that also help save.

Installing carpet over existing hardwood floors is less complicated than installing carpet over a subfloor. They do sell thin flat padding for wood and laminate. The hardwood floor provides a strong floor base so there is no need for underlayment.