Is this a good idea or does it create problems?

kd wrote:

> Is this a good idea or does it create problems?


problems like what? no difference than laying carpet on floor boards. :-)

> problems like what? no difference than laying carpet on floor boards. :-)


It can be an issue, as the laminate is floating. Can't the laminate be
removed?

Christian.

Christian McArdle wrote:

>> problems like what? no difference than laying carpet on floor
>> boards. :-)
>
> It can be an issue, as the laminate is floating. Can't the laminate be
> removed?
>
> Christian.


So what problem is it going to cause? and lets be honest floating is
minium.
Doesn't carpet float on underlay. :-)

> So what problem is it going to cause? and lets be honest floating is
> minium.
> Doesn't carpet float on underlay. :-)


Not when it is stapled/grippered down at the edges.

It can't take more than 10 or 15 minutes to rip out the laminate though.

Christian.

Christian McArdle wrote:

>> So what problem is it going to cause? and lets be honest floating is
>> minium.
>> Doesn't carpet float on underlay. :-)
>
> Not when it is stapled/grippered down at the edges.
>
Heh!

> It can't take more than 10 or 15 minutes to rip out the laminate
> though.


And then you have to dispose of it. I cannot for the life of me see any
problems laying carpet over laminate and I would go as far as to say a
completely flat surface for carpet is more better than laying it over bumpy
floorboards or uneven concrete, depending whats underneath his floor.


>
> Christian.

ben wrote:

> And then you have to dispose of it. I cannot for the life of me see any
> problems laying carpet over laminate


But that can just get silly - what do you do when you want new carpet - 
use the existing as underlay?  At some point somebody is going to have 
to pull up several layers and bin them all - why not do it properly and 
get rid now?

I would say take up the laminate - you are raising the level of your
floor and would prob look silly against your skirting boards. Do the
job properly.

dazzle wrote:

> I would say take up the laminate - you are raising the level of your
> floor and would prob look silly against your skirting boards. Do the
> job properly.
> 


What you shouting at me for - its the OP who is being lazy :)

I think it would cause a dodgy step across the doorways as well.

Richard Conway wrote:

> ben wrote:
>> And then you have to dispose of it. I cannot for the life of me see
>> any problems laying carpet over laminate
>
> But that can just get silly - what do you do when you want new carpet
> - use the existing as underlay?  At some point somebody is going to
> have to pull up several layers and bin them all - why not do it
> properly and get rid now?


Is that what you do? put carpets over carpets instead of pulling the old
carpet up.

You exaggerating somewhat methinks.

dazzle wrote:

> I would say take up the laminate - you are raising the level of your
> floor and would prob look silly against your skirting boards. Do the
> job properly.


How do you know the skirting is not on top of the laminate?

ben wrote:

> Is that what you do? put carpets over carpets instead of pulling the old
> carpet up.

No.

> You exaggerating somewhat methinks.


No, just pointing out that it isn't always appropriate to simply put new 
things over old things - sometimes it pays off to make the effort to do 
the job properly.

I wrote:

> sometimes it pays off to make the effort to do 
> the job properly.


Okay, to be really sad and reply to my own post - it doesn't just pay 
off sometimes, but most of the time.

Richard Conway wrote:

> ben wrote:
>> Is that what you do? put carpets over carpets instead of pulling the
>> old carpet up.
>
> No.
>
>> You exaggerating somewhat methinks.
>
> No, just pointing out that it isn't always appropriate to simply put
> new things over old things - sometimes it pays off to make the effort
> to do the job properly.


the way I see it should he decide or whoever lives in the property in a few
years time to have laminate down,its there if needed. :-)

On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:06:10 +0100, ben  wrote:


> And then you have to dispose of it. I cannot for the life of me see any
> problems laying carpet over laminate and I would go as far as to say a
> completely flat surface for carpet is more better than laying it over  
> bumpy
> floorboards or uneven concrete, depending whats underneath his floor.


It does rather look like the predictions about school being back are  
correct. Either that or a careless parent has failed to password lock  
their computer. Has anyone a cat which randomly types on a keyboard, thus  
nearly, but not completely vindicating the monkeys/typewriters/Shakespeare  
theory? Tensioning the carpet onto the grippers will ultimately result in  
a concave floor if not fixed to the floorboards. Also there will be a  
small step created, which, depwnding on the swing of the door, will  
possibly necessitate the planing down the door bottom.

John Schmitt

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ben wrote:

> the way I see it should he decide or whoever lives in the property in a few
> years time to have laminate down,its there if needed. :-)


The carpet grippers round the edge would complement it well I'm sure!

In article <tsgUe.105435$G8.20066@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Ben wrote:

> Is that what you do? put carpets over carpets instead of pulling the old
> carpet up.


Seen that. One of my teenage memories is my dad paying me to take nine 
layers of wallpaper off a house he'd bought - and this before the days of 
steam strippers

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Tony Bryer wrote:

> In article <tsgUe.105435$G8.20066@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Ben wrote:
> 
>>Is that what you do? put carpets over carpets instead of pulling the old
>>carpet up.
> 
> 
> Seen that. One of my teenage memories is my dad paying me to take nine 
> layers of wallpaper off a house he'd bought - and this before the days of 
> steam strippers
> 

You should have taken them off one at a time until you found one he liked!

John Schmitt wrote:
[snip]

>
> It does rather look like the predictions about school being back are
> correct. Either that or a careless parent has failed to password lock
> their computer. Has anyone a cat which randomly types on a keyboard,
> thus nearly, but not completely vindicating the
> monkeys/typewriters/Shakespeare theory? Tensioning the carpet onto
> the grippers will ultimately result in a concave floor if not fixed
> to the floorboards. Also there will be a small step created, which,
> depwnding on the swing of the door, will possibly necessitate the
> planing down the door bottom.
>
> John Schmitt


Isn't it amazing how some people resort to being personal and insulting
when you have them in a tight corner. lol

Tony Bryer wrote:

> 
> In article <tsgUe.105435$G8.20066@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Ben wrote:
> > Is that what you do? put carpets over carpets instead of pulling the old
> > carpet up.
> 
> Seen that. One of my teenage memories is my dad paying me to take nine
> layers of wallpaper off a house he'd bought - and this before the days of
> steam strippers
> 

Our first house had 70s gold/brown shag carpet over 60s green shag carpet
over beautiful hand-cut and pieced 12" oak parquet blocks, with a border
which included walnut strips worked into a knot design in the corners.  I
spent 2 weeks on hands and knees cleaning and polishing it.  It looked
absolutely gorgeous when I was done.
Re-doing the floor in the kitchen was like doing domestic archaeology.  

Sheila

On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:57:26 +0100, ben  wrote:


> Isn't it amazing how some people resort to being personal and insulting
> when you have them in a tight corner. lol


More accurately, when they have painted themselves into said corner.

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S Viemeister wrote:

> Our first house had 70s gold/brown shag carpet over 60s green shag carpet
> over beautiful hand-cut and pieced 12" oak parquet blocks, with a border
> which included walnut strips worked into a knot design in the corners.  I
> spent 2 weeks on hands and knees cleaning and polishing it.  It looked
> absolutely gorgeous when I was done.
> Re-doing the floor in the kitchen was like doing domestic archaeology.  
> 
> Sheila


Oh, I can just imaging whoever lives in the OPs house in four or five 
decades time being delighted when they uncover, after several layers of 
assorted flooring, an example of late nineties, early noughties laminate 
flooring.  I'm sure they will spend as much time as you did restoring it 
to its former glory!

John Schmitt wrote:

> On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:57:26 +0100, ben  wrote:
> 
>> Isn't it amazing how some people resort to being personal and insulting
>> when you have them in a tight corner. lol
> 
> 
> More accurately, when they have painted themselves into said corner.
> 
> John Schmitt
> 

Its alright - he can carpet over the footprints in the paint!