What happens when you replace a wood floor with carpet?

aliasojo

Might sound a daft question but if you have a wood or laminate floor with skirting on top (no quadrant) and you then remove it to get carpet.....what happens with the gap left under the skirting where the flooring used to be?

Do people tuck the carpet into the gap? Or just replace the skirting so it sits on the floor again?

Slinky_Malinky

I just had the carpet fitted on top of the laminate floor - I knew the concrete floor beneath was pretty rough and I had put good insulating under floor stuff beneath the laminate so decided it was best to leave it all there and put the carpet on top. The skirtings are therefore all fine - the only place it is noticable is in the hallway where you go down to the ceramic tiled kitchen floor as there is a wee bit of height difference but I am used to it now.

Savvy_Spender_South

Also, dependent on how you lay it, the option to return to wood in the future is cheap as it is there still.

diable

The carpet is tucked into the gap.

aliasojo

I don't think I'd fancy the carpet on top plan, the door would have to get trimmed and then if you changed the flooring in future, you'd be stuck with a door with a bigger gap at the bottom. I'm allergic to gaps, lol.

Savvy_Spender_South

aliasojo wrote: »

I don't think I'd fancy the carpet on top plan, the door would have to get trimmed and then if you changed the flooring in future, you'd be stuck with a door with a bigger gap at the bottom. I'm allergic to gaps, lol.

new door in that situation is cheaper than new laminate, plus leaving saves on new underlay costs (can go thinner) and provides extra insulation so keeps costs down........ bit naturally, its your call :money:

wallbash

The carpet is tucked into the gap.

But if the gap is too large ?? A good carpet layer can 'roll' the edges.

keystone

aliasojo wrote: »

I don't think I'd fancy the carpet on top plan, the door would have to get trimmed and then if you changed the flooring in future, you'd be stuck with a door with a bigger gap at the bottom. I'm allergic to gaps, lol.

and you'd have lots of nice gripper rod fixing nails bashed into the laminate which will splinter anyway and the nails wont be long enough to reach the solid surface underneath and the fitter won't be able to stretch the carpet properly 'cos the grippers are insecure. Other than that it'll prolly be fine.

Cheers