Installing Laminate Flooring Over Hardwood

You want to set a new laminate flooring over the hardwood here so you must peel off the baseboard from the wall.

Installing laminate flooring over hardwood.

The existing floors are kind of shot. Peel off the baseboard you have to cut the old paint caulking between wall baseboard just easily finish your work. I want to cover it with laminate. And of course not all hardwood floors can be refinished.

If your laminate has a built in underlayer you may install it right on top of the hardwood. You will also need to level the wavy part of your hardwood floor before installing the laminate floor. Hello i have a condo early 1950s vintage with oak hardwood flooring. I have asked some local flooring stores if i can install laminates over top the wood floors they say sure.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Installing concrete screws requires you to first predrill holes in the substrate using a hammer. And both floors are made up of multiple layers with a rigid fiberboard or plywood base. If the new flooring does not have the built in underlayer simply roll out and tape your underlayment to the wood floor and begin installing the laminate.

Was looking for the durability factor. Laminate flooring can be installed directly over hardwood often with no preparation necessary. Use exterior grade wood screws for wooden substrates and concrete screws for concrete substrates. Both laminate and engineered hardwood floors are click together flooring meaning installation is easy though we ll talk about that a bit more later on.

If you do not want this trouble you should install quality laminate flooring over your hardwood floor instead of having them refinished. Because hardwood floors can last for generations they raise your home s value more than laminate floors.