Putting Til Over Carpet Apartment

A rug over carpet.
Putting til over carpet apartment. Wood laminate flooring directly over the 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. Is it even possible. Covering up an ugly rental unit carpet with wood flooring.
It saves on the cost and labor of pulling up and disposing of the existing carpet keeping carpet waste materials out of the landfill. Flip a tile upside down and hold it against the wall. Use a marker or pen and mark where it overlaps the installed tiles. Here s a link to a success story over fluffy carpet if you d like to try it.
Remember when you re installing over plush high pile carpet be sure to use a thick plywood over the whole carpeted area so you can install over a sturdy surface. Cut tiles to fit into the remaining space. How many of us fellow renters have dreamt this very same idea. Then take a utility knife and slice the tile along that line.
We didn t know enough about our future to justify the time and expense. If what your room is really screaming for is wall to wall carpet the good kind of course but you aren t exactly up for the commitment consider carpet tiles a pit stop at lowe s will do the. 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.