Can You Put Laminate Flooring Over Carpet Padding

Never ever put laminate over carpet regardless of thickness.

Can you put laminate flooring over carpet padding. Can I use the existing carpet pad for the laminate or does it. You have to remove the carpet and underpad make sure the concrete is smooth and clean then install the proper laminate underpad then the laminate wood floor. If you have a low profile carpet such as berber you can lay the laminate flooring right on top.

You CAN install laminate flooring over carpet though generally not recommended. Yeah generally not a good idea. When you cover your carpets with laminate it increases the risk of moisture collecting underneath the laminate inside the carpet.

You can use the existing laminate floor as a subfloor both for installing the carpeting and acting as a base under the carpet padding. Installing laminate flooring over carpet is not recommended in most installation situations. If your carpet is ¼ of an inch thin you can safely and easily install laminate right on top of it without the need of putting anything between the carpet and laminate.

Well here is how to look at it. Viewfloor 2 years ago No Comments. We prefer to see you take the carpet up.

If you intend to stick the carpet on the floor a floor attached to the foundation is troublesome. A carpet pad for laminate flooring is typically thin and rubberized to add an anti-slip benefit to the rug. It will all come apart at the seams.

A laminate floor would be a really good solution here because you could lay down a very thin laminate underlayment which is usually like a very thin foam and then you put the flooring right on top of that and the foam will absorb any unevenness because of the glue that was there before and youll have a nice clean floor on top of it. If you have a higher profile carpet that is plush and padded like we do you need to lay a solid surface down to make it firm. The sheen on laminate floors can be protected with a good rug pad.