Carpet over existing LVT floor?

[Nick1881]

We have LVT in the bedrooms and we have ordered carpets, the carpet place are happy to lay the carpet straight over the LVT. But I’m wondering if it’s better to take the LVT up.

Firstly the door will need to be planed down, where I believe the LVT maybe on something like plywood, removing it may mean no planing is required.

What’s the best thing to do? The doors are fire doors so will be heavy and in total there are 10 cupboard doors that’s would likely need to be planed down.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

I'd take it up myself and prep the floor before the carpet fitters arrive. TBH, I'd have done that before ordering the carpets.

 

[Rob_B]

How thick is the carpet + underlay going to be? that's probably quite a height.
Personally I'd lift it and the ply that (should be, is?) under there. It could be a big job depending on how well it was originally laid, the only downside of NOT lifting it is the planing and whether it throws anything else like skirting off balance due to the height.

 

[Nick1881]

I think 12 mm underlay and carpet might be 13 mm.

My brother just gave me a good tip, he said to set a circular saw to the depth of the LVT and ply, which I already checked, around 7.5 mm. Then cut meter square sections at a time, remove the ply and the LVT in pieces without having to remove the glue.

Only downside is I don’t currently own a circular saw. Trip to tool station tomorrow morning.

 

[Rob_B]

If the ply is fitted correctly you're gonna have nails every 6 inches in a grid pattern, enjoy!

 

[aVdub]

For an easy life with less work and more time to enjoy a fine wine and to sip a decent beer I would skim the doors and fit over an already fitted floor.

You can thank me later.

 

[Nick1881]

For an easy life with less work and more time to enjoy a fine wine and to sip a decent beer I would skim the doors and fit over an already fitted floor.

You can thank me later.

Trouble is I don't know the maximum that can be taken off the doors, or if they have already been skimmed down. Being fire doors they will be heavy too. 2 fire doors would need to be done, then 8 full height cupboard doors.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

I had to take up this flooring from one of our bedrooms. Did it mostly with a claw hammer. Too a few days of work, but glad I removed it all before the carpet went in.

 

[aVdub]

I had to take up this flooring from one of our bedrooms. Did it mostly with a claw hammer. Too a few days of work, but glad I removed it all before the carpet went in.

Did you add any ply to that floor once all that was removed?

It looks very uneven and gappy.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Did you add any ply to that floor once all that was removed?

It looks very uneven and gappy.

No. I had to replace some of the floor boards where the bath pipes had been cut into the room, and did plane it a fraction to remove any high edges. We had a thick underlay and a wool carpet. End result is a perfectly smooth carpet.

 

[Begbie]

Is lvt glued down?

I made the mistake of installing laminate thicker than what I removed (removal was easy).

Nightmare cutting the doors after, messed one up.

 

[aVdub]

No. I had to replace some of the floor boards where the bath pipes had been cut into the room, and did plane it a fraction to remove any high edges. We had a thick underlay and a wool carpet. End result is a perfectly smooth carpet.

That's some good luck for sure and one I wish I could have as I move onto boarding my third rooms floor

 

[Nick1881]

So, my brothers method is genius, we got the whole floor up already.

Here’s the first test cut.

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[Hawk Tuah]

So, my brothers method is genius, we got the whole floor up already.

Here’s the first test cut.

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Lucky it wasn't stuck down too bad. Mine was glued and stapled. Took ages getting it up and removing all trace of the staples.

 

[Nick1881]

Lucky it wasn't stuck down too bad. Mine was glued and stapled. Took ages getting it up and removing all trace of the staples.

It was only glued by the door, that was a pain to remove and the hundreds of staples. Just need to do the cut to the en-suite now.