What you need is a carpet pile razor so you can shave off the pile. grin.
Brian

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"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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R D S wrote
I know this is a crap idea on paper

And in reality.
but I am feeling supremely lazy and i'm cash and time poor ATM, but want
to crack on.

Then you will be ****ing the cost of the lino against the wall.
Has anyone laid lino over carpet? What was the outcome?

The lino fails quickly.
It's for upstairs at work, there's nobody trotting about in high heels,
just two blokes in trainers. If I rip the carpet up the floorboards will
probably be such that i'd need to put something over them to remove all
the lumps and bumps.