Laminate over carpet?

Thestones

I know as a general rule you shouldn't but can you? Reason I ask is we have a level difference between kitchen and hall floor, kitchen has solid wood, we put carpet in hall as that's what we were advised as thick underlay could be used and was best option to match the thick kitchen floor. Anyway I hate the carpet, so impractical for a hallway, the dirt with the kids shoes or anyone's shoes for that matter.
Thanks in advance for any advice.

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Try fibreboard. It's 5mm thick.€22 for 15 sheets in b&q

I've a level problem as well between rooms.
I used underlay instead of the board I used last time and Put a saddle board at the door.
The sitting room was higher than the kitchen which has link but the shaped saddleboard worked well. It's flat against the raised laminate.a bar covers the gap.
Hope that makes sense

drunkmonkey

How about a thick engineered floor would be a lot bigger than laminate and a thick underlay underneath it. Would be cheaper than going for a solid wood.
I'd get rid of the carpet. Presume it would start to stink at some stage

DublinDilbert

Thestones wrote: »

I know as a general rule you shouldn't but can you? Reason I ask is we have a level difference between kitchen and hall floor, kitchen has solid wood, we put carpet in hall as that's what we were advised as thick underlay could be used and was best option to match the thick kitchen floor. Anyway I hate the carpet, so impractical for a hallway, the dirt with the kids shoes or anyone's shoes for that matter.
Thanks in advance for any advice.

Don't do this, the laminate will be bouncing all over the place and break apart. If there's a height difference, get ticker laminate and-or a joiner strip to match the difference.

Thestones

drunkmonkey wrote: »

How about a thick engineered floor would be a lot bigger than laminate and a thick underlay underneath it. Would be cheaper than going for a solid wood.
I'd get rid of the carpet. Presume it would start to stink at some stage

Yeah I'll look into that thanks, trying to do it on a budget and I'm pretty sure engineered floor is quite expensive but will see what we can do. The carpet is driving me mad, the rest of the place is so modern, I feel it just dates the hall if you know what I mean.

GingerLily

My laminate is 14mm so with underlay it's 20mm, the brand is kronoswiss

Thestones

GingerLily wrote: »

My laminate is 14mm so with underlay it's 20mm, the brand is kronoswiss

That's brilliant Gingerlily thanks, exactly what I was looking for. Did you get it from a shop in Dublin by any chance?

GingerLily

Thestones wrote: »

GingerLily wrote: »

My laminate is 14mm so with underlay it's 20mm, the brand is kronoswiss

That's brilliant Gingerlily thanks, exactly what I was looking for. Did you get it from a shop in Dublin by any chance?

Yes, Matt Britton, but I think Noyex do it also. Its on the pricey side of laminate but no where near engineered wood!

Thestones

GingerLily wrote: »

Yes, Matt Britton, but I think Noyex do it also. Its on the pricey side of laminate but no where near engineered wood!

Thanks so much, that's great.

drunkmonkey

Thestones wrote: »

Yeah I'll look into that thanks, trying to do it on a budget and I'm pretty sure engineered floor is quite expensive but will see what we can do. The carpet is driving me mad, the rest of the place is so modern, I feel it just dates the hall if you know what I mean.

Shop around when you know the amount you need some places might have an odd amount left over from a job and you might pick up a bargain don't be afraid to go into the store room with them lots of places have some just sitting there .
You'll be a lot happier with the end result, no comparison between the two, one is printed cardboard the other is real wood just not fully solid.