Can vinyl flooring be put on top of laminate wood flooring?

Answer 1

Yes, laminate flooring can be laid over vinyl flooring, however, there are some considerations. First of all, inspect your vinyl flooring for any damage. Acordian style tears will create a "bump" in your finished laminate floor, which will be visibly noticeable, and it won't wear well. Large tears that result in missing pieces of vinyl will cause a "dip" in your finished laminate floor, which is also not a desireable result. Either and/or both of these problem areas will also compromise the integrity of your laminate flooring, and may also cause weak joints.

Answer 2

Yes you can lay laminate floor over old hardwood floor, but why would you want to? You can lay laminate over a large variety of surfaces, not carpet, ha ha. Would it not be less expensive, faster, more conservitive, and more beautiful to refinish the existing wood floor? Just a thought.

Answer 3

If your terms are righ the answer is a clear NO, Sheet Vinyl cannot go over Laminate, but laminate is very easy to remove!

However some suspect that Laminate flooring is a usually misused term for either sheet vinyl flooring or a compressed wood product with a thin veneer of a colored layer of paper covered by a "wear layer" of either aluminum oxide or other tough layer that is what you are walking on.

Laminate in it's true form is a floating floor made of the compressed wood product and is not an acceptable substrate for a new vinyl floor as it is prone to more expansion and contraction than the sheet vinyl.

if you are referring to a sheet Vinyl product that has been glued to an acceptable substrate, the general rule of thumb is that you can cover one layer, but if you already have two layers of sheet vinyl or other vinyl product on the floor you need to rip it all out to the subfloor & lets start again.

a fresh substrate. you can usually learn a lot about your floor by pulling a heating vent out of the floor and looking at the edges of the hole (kind of like a core sample) if you already have two layers you can install a new layer of thin plywood (usually 1/4 inch and made of a hardwood like Russian birch) and stapled through the other layers to the original floor. The most important part of installing a new sheet vinyl floor is having a clean smooth surface so that none of the old patern "ghost" up through the new floor.

Answer 4

No. Remove the carpet. You need a hard, level and clean surface to lay laminate. If there is linoleum under that, it should also be removed.

Answer 5

yes, inspect the hardwood and make sure it is down well, and be sure to remove any raised transition strips which may be covered.

Answer 6

You can but its not advisable as glue is needed to stick the laminate flooring down and it will ruin the wood beneath.