Can I Put Floating Hardwood Over Pre Installed Carpet

Our daughter bought a house that had carpet installed over a floating floor and it felt bouncy.

Can i put floating hardwood over pre installed carpet.

I can t imagine the cost would be that much more. Set the tackless strips parallel to the wall at. If it s a laminated floating floor it would put too much give on the seams and end up destroying it. 3 measure the thickness of the carpet.

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. Konecto was never intended to put over carpet. A rug over carpet. The hardwood floor provides a strong floor base so there is no need for underlayment.

It stays in place under the weight of the laminate especially when you add furniture on top of that. They got it all torn out and had new carpet installed. Can you put hardwood floor over carpet padding. No pad of any kind should be used on any other type.

Wood laminate flooring directly over the carpet. 2 measure and cut tackless strips to fit around the perimeter of the room where you are going to lay carpet. Carpet floors can be a hassle to work around especially when you re renting but they don t have to be. Feels nice and solid now.

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. No carpet pad is both taller and softer then pads meant for floating laminate and wood floors. When you put a temporary floor over carpet you can have beautiful easily installed new floors that also help save. 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.

They do sell thin flat padding for wood and laminate. I am considering. We didn t know enough about our future to justify the.