new carpet over old

yogiberr

hiya,

I find that the previous people didn't evenput an underlay under their carpet..I want to rent the place out but could really, really do with not having to:

1) remove old carpet
2) buy and fit underlay under new capet.

Could I use the old carpet as an underlay?

many thanks,

yogi

Artytarty

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060624144718AAUgdQh

Plenty of opinions here!
Generally not to be recommended I'd say, think of the levels, smell, movement etc.

Blackpool_Saver

dirty and lazy

broonbear

i come across this on a daily basis , people just haven't got the money for underlay so they give the old one a good hoover and ask if it's alright to lay the new one on top. 'Not a problem' i say, who am i to judge.

Ectophile

I've got that in my bedroom (done by a previous owner of the house).

It's a bit horrid - the main problem is that the top carpet keeps creeping, in the same way that a rug does when laid on a carpet. The end result is a gap at one end of the bedroom, with the excess wrinkled up at the other end.

yogiberr

hiya,

I wish the people before me had thought of puttting down an underlay, but it looks like I should take the long-term view and do it right.
ta for all the replies.

yogi