Lay PVC on carpet

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If you want to redesign the floor in your home, you are faced with the big question of which material should be used for this. Many people come across practical PVC between laminate and parquet. But what to do if there is already a carpet on the floor? You can get tips on laying here.

Select suitable substrates
Select suitable substrates

Lay PVC correctly

  • If you have carpet on PVC want to embarrassed, you have some problems to sort out. These include, among other things, the soft structure of the material that is already lying down. With the elasticity that this creates, the new floor can unfortunately work poorly and could quickly tear under heavy loads. You can get around this by inserting an intermediate layer and then placing the new material on top. Alternatively, if you have a reasonably hard carpet, the floor can be left that way.
  • Another problem is likely to be the increasing height. Because you are now laying another layer on the floor, but not removing the one underneath. That could be difficult for Doors which can then no longer be opened smoothly. Whether this could be the case for you depends on the thickness of the PVC and carpet.
  • To lay the new material, all you have to do is cut it to size and then place it on the floor. Cut carefully, as any incorrectly made cut can be seen with hindsight.

Remove the carpet

  • If you have PVC on one carpet want to relocate, this is usually related to the fact that you are staying in a rented apartment and are restricted there by the owners with regard to the adjustments. However, you will find that most owners do not necessarily care about the floors used, but rather the point that the apartment is visually appealing and looks neat.
  • You should therefore contact the tenants and ask them whether it would be possible to carefully remove the carpet and instead lay out PVC. You can then declare that you would like to leave the inserted material there after moving out. Paragraphs in the rental agreement can also be bridged in this way.
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