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Can you put hardwood floor over carpet padding?
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 of wood installation.
Can laminate flooring be installed over a rug?
To avoid bending of the laminate flooring, it must be installed over a hard, smooth surface. Take up the carpeting and padding, ensuring to remove all staples. Subflooring nails and screws should be made flush with the floor. Use a scraper to scrape up any glue and staples from carpet padding. Sweep the floor thoroughly. Failure to properly prep the space will result in a laminate that will very soon be irreparably damaged.
What is carpet padding for?
When used with area and Oriental rugs, carpet padding is used to provide an extra cushion beneath your feet, to prevent the rug from sliding all over the floor, and to promote even wear on the rug's pile. For flatweave and antique rugs, carpet padding is a must!
Is a particle board floor smooth enough to put laminate flooring down on. Existing floor has carpet and a matting underneath the carpet. Should the laminate be placed over the matting or on the parti?
Particle board is smooth enough to put a laminate down, but you also need to be sure the floor is level enough. Between each 4 x 8 sheet you could have crowning or also a raised floor joist can be the death of your new floor. Laminates are floating floors and are prone to problems when the subfloor has even minor humps or dips. Pergo requires floors to be level within an 1/8" in a 6 ft radius. I believe that is a pretty good rule to stick to. As to the carpet padding. It needs to come up and place down the manufactures recommended laminate pad. They are a lot denser then carpet pads. Also if you choose not to do so you have voided your warranty.
What kind of carpet padding for basements?
You don't put padding directly on a concrete floor. You have to frame out the floor, lay plywood sheets over the frame, probably want a vapor barrier as well. Then you can lay any pad and carpet you want. There are certain types of carpet that come with an attached foam padding that are designed to lay over concrete. If you think you want to just glue carpet directly to the concrete floor, check the mfg. warranty first. Most mfgs. will not honor their warranty unless they specifically state that it can be glued to concrete.
Can you tile over a laminate floor?
Remove the laminate floor first
Can a laminate floor be installed over rug padding?
It shouldn't be done. Carpet underlay is usually to thick and flexible and won't provide the needed support under the laminate. It will flex too much causing it to break apart. you should check on the box what type of underlay is recommended for that specific product. There are as many types of underlay as there are laminates.
Can you lay carpet on laminate flooring?
yes you can it makes no difference {edit:} IF you are gluing the carpet to the laminate. But if you plan to install tack strip and stretch the carpet, you risk the tension of the carpet pulling up laminate boards at the edges.
How do you lay tack strips on top of laminate flooring?
You don't, if you want your carpet to stay stretched and flat on your floor. You see, laminate flooring is not attached to your floor in any way. It floats. The boards are locked together, but if you pull up on the side of a board, it will detach itself easily. So if you attach tack strips to that laminate and then stretch a carpet over it, the tension of the carpet will very likely pull your laminate up at the edges. To do this the right way, you'll need to remove the laminate flooring (you'll find this VERY easy to do), install tack strips to the subflooring, install carpet pad, and then carpet. It'll stay like it's supposed to.
Can you put laminate floor over a vinyl floor?
If the vinyl is down tight , the answer is YES, Laminate con go over it
Can you install laminate floor over laminate floor?
No, laminate is floating type of floor installed over an insulation pad. Hardwood floor has to be nailed, stapled or glued to the subfloor. If you do manage to install hardwood on top of laminate sooner or later your Laminate floor will expand due to high temperature or humidity and it will create gaps between hardwood planks.
Can you lay engineered wood floor on carpet padding?
Generally, no. The carpet pad will have too much bounce causing the engineered hardwood (or even laminate) to break and split. That being said there are some thin felt carpet pads that could work, but I wouldn't recommend it. I'm not sure why you are asking this question. If it's because you had carpet there and you are hoping to reuse your existing carpet pad, that is a big no no. The carpet pad will be uneven which can cause problems and worse than that, it will already be dirty with germs and potentially moisture and you could develop mold and/or odor issues. Also, if your engineered hardwood is over concrete, you want the traditional laminate/hardwood underlayment which also has a moisture barrier. This, of course, is assuming that you are doing a floating floor. If you are nailing or glueing than it's an even firmer no.
