Can I Put Vinyl Down Over Carpet

It s just that i can t budge that carpet up even a little bit.

Can i put vinyl down over carpet.

For better results you can use a carpet pad under the carpet. We didn t know enough about our future to justify the time and expense. Read more about vinyl flooring. The carpet just goes right over the top of the pad.

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. 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. It saves on the cost and labor of pulling up and disposing of the existing carpet keeping carpet waste materials out of the landfill. It s more of a it s an indoor carpet.

I m installing laminate over a kitchen floor with vinyl flooring extending to living room that was carpeted. Wood laminate flooring directly over the carpet. 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. Installing glued carpet over vinyl.

So the kitchen is a little higher than the living room but i want the floor to be level straight across. Is it like an indoor outdoor 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. So i don t really care about flooring anything underneath the carpet.

Here s a link to a success story over fluffy carpet if you d like to try it. 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.