This one gets tricky especially if your floor has carpeting.
Click wood flooring over carpet.
Solid hardwood flooring may last 100 years and engineered hardwood flooring can last up to 75 years.
Hardwood flooring lasts longer than carpet.
Installing laminate flooring over carpet is not recommended in most installation situations.
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 have all wood flooring in our current house but we are moving soon to a place with with carpet almost everywhere including the dining room.
We didn t know enough about our future to justify the time and expense.
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.
I think carpet is so unsanitary especially with a child and cat living with us.
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.
Click in engineered wood flooring has many advantages for temporary.
Covering up an ugly rental unit carpet with wood flooring.
Read more about vinyl flooring.
Here s a link to a success story over fluffy carpet if you d like to try it.
How many of us fellow renters have dreamt this very same idea.
For now here are the key advantages of hardwood flooring vs carpet.
You must replace carpeting when it is worn.
Don t balk at this just yet.
Our first choice was the one with the hardwood floors.
A rug 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.
I have been browsing area rugs but eventually i feel like they would get funky even with my regular cleaning.
Wood laminate flooring directly over the carpet.
This flooring option involve boards that snap together and lock across a floor without needing nails or glue to.