Can I Put Vinyl Down Over Carpet

It s more of a it s an indoor carpet.

Can i put vinyl down over carpet.

On the face of it installing new carpet over the old carpet does have some advantages. I m probably going to put a subfloor down and then either linoleum or tile on top of that. We didn t know enough about our future to justify the time and expense. Read more about vinyl flooring.

It s just that i can t budge that carpet up even a little bit. Can i add extra underlayment in the living room or do i need to put down a thin layer of plywood subfloor to level it out. It saves on the cost and labor of pulling up and disposing of the existing carpet keeping carpet waste materials out of the landfill. Installing glued carpet over vinyl.

Wood laminate flooring directly over the carpet. Here s a link to a success story over fluffy carpet if you d like to try it. You should not glue the pad and carpet together and then glue it to the vinyl as this would cause too much work if it ever needed to be removed. And if the existing carpet was glued down not tacked it can be a huge time saver to lay the new carpet over the old.

I m installing laminate over a kitchen floor with vinyl flooring extending to living room that was carpeted. Is it like an indoor outdoor carpet. So the kitchen is a little higher than the living room but i want the floor to be level straight across. A rug over carpet.

Whether you are moving into a pre owned home or just want to spice up your own floors after years of use you can glue down carpet on top of vinyl flooring. So i don t really care about flooring anything underneath 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.