I know this is a crap idea on paper but I am feeling supremely lazy and
i'm cash and time poor ATM, but want to crack on.

Has anyone laid lino over carpet? What was the outcome?

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.

On Saturday, 4 January 2020 12:37:57 UTC, R D S wrote:
I know this is a crap idea on paper but I am feeling supremely lazy and
i'm cash and time poor ATM, but want to crack on.
Has anyone laid lino over carpet? What was the outcome?

The lino will crack. You might get away with it for longer if it's really thin exhibition type carpet.

Carpet over carpet may work better.

Or the previous occupants of my flat laid ceramic tiles over the kitchen carpet. :-(

Owain

On 04/01/2020 13:31, wrote:
On Saturday, 4 January 2020 12:37:57 UTC, R D S wrote:
I know this is a crap idea on paper but I am feeling supremely lazy and
i'm cash and time poor ATM, but want to crack on.
Has anyone laid lino over carpet? What was the outcome?

The lino will crack. You might get away with it for longer if it's really thin exhibition type carpet.

Carpet over carpet may work better.

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.


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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

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.

On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 05:40:57 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


I know this is a crap idea on paper

And in reality.

While you are crap online and in real life, senile cretin!

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On 1/4/2020 11:11 AM, wrote:
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.

Ick.

On Saturday, 4 January 2020 12:37:57 UTC, R D S wrote:
I know this is a crap idea on paper but I am feeling supremely lazy and
i'm cash and time poor ATM, but want to crack on.

Has anyone laid lino over carpet? What was the outcome?

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.

I wouldn't do it, even on my worst bodgiest day. Getting the carpet out is normally a quick process


NT

I wouldn't do it, even on my worst bodgiest day. Getting the carpet
out is normally a quick process


NT


Rip it up - clean it up and lay those foam panels and then interlocked
laminate flooring.

If the carpet is quite soft and springy, you might get away with a vinyl
floor covering over it, but true Lino cracks and tears very easily and it
ages quite quickly. So really it depends what your floor covering is made
from and how it deforms and comes back, or not as the case may be.

Brian

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I know this is a crap idea on paper but I am feeling supremely lazy and i'm
cash and time poor ATM, but want to crack on.

Has anyone laid lino over carpet? What was the outcome?

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.

What? Ceramic tiles, really? they must surely crack in the end or trip
people up surely?
Brian

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On Saturday, 4 January 2020 12:37:57 UTC, R D S wrote:
I know this is a crap idea on paper but I am feeling supremely lazy and
i'm cash and time poor ATM, but want to crack on.
Has anyone laid lino over carpet? What was the outcome?

The lino will crack. You might get away with it for longer if it's really
thin exhibition type carpet.

Carpet over carpet may work better.

Or the previous occupants of my flat laid ceramic tiles over the kitchen
carpet. :-(

Owain

And a health and safety nightmare as they tilt and edges are revealed.
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On 04/01/2020 13:31, wrote:
On Saturday, 4 January 2020 12:37:57 UTC, R D S wrote:
I know this is a crap idea on paper but I am feeling supremely lazy and
i'm cash and time poor ATM, but want to crack on.
Has anyone laid lino over carpet? What was the outcome?

The lino will crack. You might get away with it for longer if it's really
thin exhibition type carpet.

Carpet over carpet may work better.

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.


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

Besides what about the furniture?

No if its the foam backed carpet then you are going to need a very good
vacuum cleaner as well an something to chip off the stuff stuck to the
edging tape or floor if its ever been washed.
Brian

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On Saturday, 4 January 2020 12:37:57 UTC, R D S wrote:
I know this is a crap idea on paper but I am feeling supremely lazy and
i'm cash and time poor ATM, but want to crack on.

Has anyone laid lino over carpet? What was the outcome?

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.

I wouldn't do it, even on my worst bodgiest day. Getting the carpet out is
normally a quick process


NT

On 05/01/2020 11:30, Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote:
If the carpet is quite soft and springy, you might get away with a vinyl
floor covering over it, but true Lino cracks and tears very easily and it
ages quite quickly. So really it depends what your floor covering is made
from and how it deforms and comes back, or not as the case may be.

Brian


I've not even seen real lino for sale in years. Of course it may still
be available in more specialist flooring outlets but the common ones
tend to sell vinyl.

Having seen vinyl, which is more flexible, split, even on poor
wooden/chipboard floors, I would think lino (if you can find it) or
vinyl would do the same over carpet- at least over time.

I suppose you could put down thin plywood- as you can over a poor/uneven
floor- first but that is probably more work/more expensive than removing
the carpet (assuming the floor is sound).

Of course, the carpet plus plywood may offer some insulation in terms of
heat and sound but, all in all, it is bodge. If you want insulation, go
for the proper insulation sheets.

On 04/01/2020 12:37, R D S wrote:
I know this is a crap idea on paper but I am feeling supremely lazy and
i'm cash and time poor ATM, but want to crack on.

Has anyone laid lino over carpet? What was the outcome?

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.



This is a pure bodge, but I came across some LVT that had a very hard
solid core. I can't remember the exact term used. It was about £20 sqm.

If you are going for vinyl sheet (not lino, surely?) you'll need to
spend a fair whack anyway.

Because of the solid core, it's quite rigid, and it might hold together
okay on a soft backing like carpet.

Or go the whole hog and get engineered wood flooring?

On 04/01/2020 12:37, R D S wrote:
I know this is a crap idea on paper but I am feeling supremely lazy and
i'm cash and time poor ATM, but want to crack on.

Has anyone laid lino over carpet? What was the outcome?

Only if you skim it first :-)

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.

On Sunday, 5 January 2020 20:59:07 UTC, Andrew wrote:
On 04/01/2020 12:37, R D S wrote:

I know this is a crap idea on paper but I am feeling supremely lazy and
i'm cash and time poor ATM, but want to crack on.

Has anyone laid lino over carpet? What was the outcome?

Only if you skim it first :-)

the carpet fibres would reinforce it. You could probably make the floor itself outta that if thick enough.


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.

3mm sheet is the usual thing when carpeting. For vinyl though I'd jump up a size to 4 or 5.5mm, vinyl is not tolerant of even small edge height differences.


NT