Vinyl Flooring Over Carpet Pad

If you reuse your thick carpet padding your floor will be too bouncy and it may damage the locking system.

Vinyl flooring over carpet pad.

Pay special attention to your warranty when installing underlayment. The carpet just goes right over the top of the pad. Most vinyl flooring manufacturers recommend using a non rubber product while some will recommend using only rubber. Given that most vinyl recommend no rubber here are our non rubber alternatives.

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. Vinyl is a bit tricky so we always recommend following your floor manufacturer s instructions. You should not glue the pad and carpet together and then glue it to the vinyl as this would cause too much work if it ever needed to be removed. Just be aware that any bumps or unlevel spots in the linoleum will be seen with a sheet vinyl over top of it.

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. For better results you can use a carpet pad under the carpet. This is also wrong.