Installing Laminate Wood Flooring Over Carpet

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Installing laminate wood flooring over carpet.

Ensure a snug connection by using a tapping block to gently tap the pieces together. You absolutely cannot use carpet underlayment underneath laminate flooring. How to install laminate flooring. It stays in place under the weight of the laminate especially when you add furniture on top of that.

Installing laminate flooring over carpet is not recommended in most installation situations. Allow a 1 4 inch expansion joint between the track central portion of the end cap and the laminate floor. When placing plywood sheets over plush carpet lay them in the opposite direction the floor will go. We have done this twice now because we moved and it has never shifted or caused any problem.

Since carpet is usually plush and soft your laminate flooring would not have the support it needs to keep the locking system sturdy. As much as you want to cut down costs on a new floor this is not the way to do it. When you tear up carpet you must remove everything down to the subfloor. This gap allows the laminate floor to expand and contract while hidden beneath the end cap.

Install your laminate flooring one row at a time. Bored with the dark bland low pile carpet in my living room i decided to install a wood laminate floor to cover part of my living space. Install baseboards and molding remove the spacers around the border and install baseboards and quarter round molding covering the plastic moisture barrier on the wall and the gap between the wall and the flooring. Remove any carpet padding from the area where the end cap will be installed.

Use the tongue and groove edges to connect one plank to another. The same thing happens even when the carpet is underneath the laminate. Installing laminate flooring over carpet underlayment will do more harm than good in the long run. A carpet adds a soft surface underneath the laminate.

Install the first row of planks with the tongue side facing the wall. I hope that helps. We just lay it right on top of the carpet and then put the hardwood on top of that. Plywood is highly recommended when installing over high pile carpet.