Hardwood Over Carpet Padding

Here are several tips to remove carpet padding to avoid damaging your flooring.

Hardwood over carpet padding.

It serves a number of uses such as insulation acoustics support and comfort. Plywood is highly recommended when installing over high pile carpet. If you have a low profile carpet such as berber you can lay the laminate flooring right on top. Thick underlayment with intervening plywood while soft thick underlayment should not be installed directly under solid hardwood flooring it is possible to do this when there is an intervening layer of plywood.

If you keep your eye on it you can find deals like that frequently. To learn more about how to install plywood check out our helpful video. Carpet padding is usually a foam underlayment specifically designed for installation under broadloom carpet. Item 1157141 model bu2478.

Most carpet padding consists of polyurethane foam the same stuff that s in furniture mattresses and even car seats. It is installed over the plywood underlayment just before the hardwood flooring is laid. I ll tell you right now it didn t all go as planned. When laying an area rug over a hard surface such as hardwood flooring the biggest concern about the rug s movement is that it will slide around.

Over several years it may have bonded to the polyurethane. If you are using more than one sheet of plywood tape the sheets together at the seam. When laying the rug over carpet however the concern is more about the rug wrinkling or rippling which presents a big tripping hazard wrinkling will occur because as one area of the rug is stepped on it will shift assuming it is not properly. Floating wood floor installations are similar in that they simply.

I also plan to use 1 5mm thin vinyl tiles underlayment on top of plywood layer so tiles can float properly. Carpet removal often results in carpet padding stuck to the hardwood flooring. Pet urine or another substance may have made it sticky. So a carpet padding underlay will not be affected by the existing installation.

When placing plywood sheets over plush carpet lay them in the opposite direction the floor will go. Laying underlayment over an existing flooring.