Click Wood Flooring Over Carpet

Is it even possible.

Click wood flooring over carpet.

Seattle renter sumit basu covered up his low pile apartment carpet with a snap in laminate floor sharing tips of the process with a how to video documenting the upgrade process bored with the dark bland low pile carpet in my living room i. Vinyl planks vinyl planks are designed to resemble hardwood and can be found in a number of wood look textures such as hand scraped wirebrushed and distressed. Hardwood flooring lasts longer than carpet. How we put hardwood over carpet back in june i did a blog post titled apartment hunters where i did an hgtv style review of each of the apartments we looked at.

We didn t know enough about our future to justify the time and expense. This one gets tricky especially if your floor has carpeting. For now here are the key advantages of hardwood flooring vs carpet. Our first choice was the one with the hardwood floors.

I have been browsing area rugs but eventually i feel like they would get funky even with my regular cleaning. You must replace carpeting when it is worn. How many of us fellow renters have dreamt this very same idea. Installing laminate flooring over carpet is not recommended in most installation situations.

The most common type of floors floated over carpet are vinyl and laminate given they are budget friendly and feature a simple interlocking system of installation. Click in engineered wood flooring has many advantages for temporary. Since carpet is usually plush and soft your laminate flooring would not have the support it needs to keep the locking system sturdy. Quality carpet flooring will last 8 15 years with consistent cleaning and care.

Solid hardwood flooring may last 100 years and engineered hardwood flooring can last up to 75 years. I think carpet is so unsanitary especially with a child and cat living with us. A rug over 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.

This flooring option involve boards that snap together and lock across a floor without needing nails or glue to. Covering up an ugly rental unit carpet with wood flooring. Don t balk at this just yet. Wood laminate flooring directly over the carpet.