Sand humps with a belt sander and fill any depressions with a troweled on patching compound.
Can i put hardwood floor 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.
We didn t know enough about our future to justify the time and expense.
Installing new hardwood over old hardwood floors.
Analyze the floor s level using a 10 foot straight edge.
When you put a temporary floor over carpet you can have beautiful easily installed new floors that also help save the carpet underneath.
Here s a link to a success story over fluffy carpet if you d like to try it.
If your laminate has a built in underlayer you may install it right on top of the hardwood.
Installing new hardwood over older wood floors can be extremely time saving in lieu of removal that can become expensive dirty and even dangerous depending on how the original floor was installed.
Laminate flooring can be installed directly over hardwood often with no preparation necessary.
Sweep the straight edge across the floor and mark any areas not level.
Wood laminate flooring directly over the carpet.
Carpet floors can be a hassle to work around especially when you re renting but they don t have to be.
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.
Our first choice was the one with the hardwood floors.