Install Carpet Over Vct

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.

Install carpet over vct.

Installing glued carpet over vinyl. Hook the carpet ends over the tackless strip beginning at one corner of the room. Order the carpet adding an extra 10 percent for waste. On the face of it installing new carpet over the old carpet does have some advantages.

And if the existing carpet was glued down not tacked it can be a huge time saver to lay the new carpet over the old. In some cases you can also install carpet tiles over existing wood tile or vinyl flooring so long as the existing flooring is no more than an inch thick. Carpet tiles can adhere to concrete plywood or particleboard subfloors. Position a knee kicker about 1 inch away from the wall and push the teeth into the carpet.

Also you ll probably have to cut down your doors so they have clearance to not rub. This is not recommended if you think you may want to change out the carpet at another time. You can lay carpet squares directly over concrete plywood and osb or particleboard subfloors as well as over vinyl tile laminate and some hardwood finished floors. Assess your existing floor.

Before you can install carpet tiles you must prepare the existing floor. 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. To install over vinyl you can also glue the carpet down. The backing may eventually discolor some wood floors.

It saves on the cost and labor of pulling up and disposing of the existing carpet keeping carpet waste materials out of the landfill. 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.