On Saturday, 4 January 2020 16:07:28 UTC, ARW wrote:
Or the previous occupants of my flat laid ceramic tiles over the kitchen carpet. :-(
That was to make it easier to replace them. Non of that fuss about
removing the old tile adhesive from the floor. It's the future.

It didn't have that effect. The carpet was glued to the floor by the tile adhesive soaking through and it all had to be chiselled off.

Owain