Can you lay laminate floot on top of existing lino?
I am laying a Homebase real Parawood floor and want to know if I can use the existing lino as the insulation rather than having to pull it up and put down other insulation
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i would pull it out and lay another one.. as the saying goes if your going to do something do it properly otherwise don't bother
You can do. It won't hurt, but I'd lay some decent underlay. We did on ours and It makes all the diffrence, to the noise and insulation.
You can lay over the lino but it will cause you problems. Firstly, the finished height of the floor could cause trouble with doors, which would need to be trimmed. Second, if the lino is not completely sound you could get movement of the laminate floor when you tread on it making a squeaky or spongy surface. I would recommend you do the job properly and use the recommended underlay it is not expensive so the cost is not a big issue.
Yes you can - we just did this at my in-laws house, and it turned out beautifully.
you can do, but make sure the flooring underneath is sound and doesnt move. try laying a piece of the flooring down first to check your doors will go over it. i have laid it like this before and on top of carpet and have had no probs so far. touch wood.
In a word, no. You should definitely use at least a polyfoam underlay under this product.
Leaving the old lino down is absolutely fine as long at it is smooth, dry, level and fixed. If you try to pull it up then who knows what you might find under it, especially if it was glued down! Then fit the underlay and then the wood - I'm assuming this is wood and not laminate flooring you are talking about.
You might want to consider Tredaire Boradwalk as an underlay for your wood floor - that will give you better insulation and provide the necessary surface on which the wood flooring can expand as it needs to. I would advise against using fibreboards as underlay for wood floors as a common problem with this is 'squeaking', which can be a real pain.
I wouldn't,but you can. the problem being that any defects in the floor or unevenness will be become more noticeable with each additional layer added, plus I would rather take up the lino than re size all the affected doors, its a false economy
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Answers:
i would pull it out and lay another one.. as the saying goes if your going to do something do it properly otherwise don't bother
You can do. It won't hurt, but I'd lay some decent underlay. We did on ours and It makes all the diffrence, to the noise and insulation.
You can lay over the lino but it will cause you problems. Firstly, the finished height of the floor could cause trouble with doors, which would need to be trimmed. Second, if the lino is not completely sound you could get movement of the laminate floor when you tread on it making a squeaky or spongy surface. I would recommend you do the job properly and use the recommended underlay it is not expensive so the cost is not a big issue.
Yes you can - we just did this at my in-laws house, and it turned out beautifully.
you can do, but make sure the flooring underneath is sound and doesnt move. try laying a piece of the flooring down first to check your doors will go over it. i have laid it like this before and on top of carpet and have had no probs so far. touch wood.
In a word, no. You should definitely use at least a polyfoam underlay under this product.
Leaving the old lino down is absolutely fine as long at it is smooth, dry, level and fixed. If you try to pull it up then who knows what you might find under it, especially if it was glued down! Then fit the underlay and then the wood - I'm assuming this is wood and not laminate flooring you are talking about.
You might want to consider Tredaire Boradwalk as an underlay for your wood floor - that will give you better insulation and provide the necessary surface on which the wood flooring can expand as it needs to. I would advise against using fibreboards as underlay for wood floors as a common problem with this is 'squeaking', which can be a real pain.
I wouldn't,but you can. the problem being that any defects in the floor or unevenness will be become more noticeable with each additional layer added, plus I would rather take up the lino than re size all the affected doors, its a false economy
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