Floating Vinyl Flooring Over Carpet

Solid hardwood or engineered wood flooring may serve as bases for vinyl flooring.

Floating vinyl flooring over carpet. 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. The reason floating vinyl flooring has regained popularity in recent years is due to advancements in how vinyl flooring is made and its ability to handle moisture. Old solid hardwood can cup or swell over time too. This condition would make direct installation over the wood difficult.

You just lay it over top. The hardest part about it floating is to keep it square as you work. Unlike some flooring a floating floor is just that floating on top of the subfloor and not attached or adhered to it in any way. You leave enough of a gap around the edge that it can expand contract flex whatever but that it s hidden by baseboard.

A floating floor on the other hand can be installed over a subfloor in less than perfect condition even over existing flooring. Can i add extra underlayment in the living room or do i need to put down a thin layer of plywood subfloor to level it out. Sheet vinyl that comes in. So the kitchen is a little higher than the living room but i want the floor to be level straight across.

If the wood is heavily gapped these gaps must first be fixed. The floating approach is used in many scenarios where the flooring is being installed over an old adhesive left behind from an earlier flooring product or anything involving. Popular flooring materials commonly associated with this installation method include laminate and luxury vinyl but many materials can be installed as a floating floor. Vinyl plank is a floating floor which means you don t ever actually attach it to the underlay.

A subfloor over a crawl space or below grade isn t a great candidate for a glue down floor because moisture can degrade the adhesive. Luxury vinyl flooring comes in planks or tiles that fit side to side to form a floating floor. In full bathrooms and damp locations such as basements vinyl flooring materials excel over laminate materials. 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.