Placing Linoleum on top of laminate flooring

Cuttlefish

Chatting with the Mrs earlier about flooring and she mentioned Lino so just wondering has anyone laid Lino on top of a laminate flooring?

Is it something that is recommend or not??

listermint

Genuinely what's preventing the laminate from being pulled up

Cuttlefish

listermint wrote: »

Genuinely what's preventing the laminate from being pulled up

As in being removed and the lino installed?

Nothing really except maybe removing/ replacing skirting boards

If you were to lay Lino on laminate wouldn't it be that the laminate is doing the same job as sheeting the surface on which it laid - the surface being wooden floorboards and laying Lino on top of of floorboards would be a no no!!

L1011

Any gaps between the laminate will be transferred to the lino just like with normal floorboards. This shouldn't be as much of an issue as with normal floorboards but it can be. It'll also still have the standard laminate propensity to squeak like hell.

Lino should be glued down at least at the edges, so don't expect the laminate to survive should you decide to go back.

Cuttlefish

L1011 wrote: »

Any gaps between the laminate will be transferred to the lino just like with normal floorboards. This shouldn't be as much of an issue as with normal floorboards but it can be. It'll also still have the standard laminate propensity to squeak like hell.

Lino should be glued down at least at the edges, so don't expect the laminate to survive should you decide to go back.

Discussion in the house is replace laminate with laminate or look at Lino as they have improved in looks/ quality over the years

Sure I have karndean in the living room that is merely strips of Lino!!:D

looksee

I put lino on top of old laminate that was in good condition but old fashioned looking - that very plastic-y looking stuff. Its fine but if you are fussy you can just see the very slight ridges on the old laminate starting to show through - it is very slight but if the laminate had the more modern actual ridges it would certainly show through.

e.r

If it’s real linoleum then no, as real linoleum is fully bonded.
If it’s vinyl, ie sold in Des kelly etc then yes. As someone else said if the edges of the laminate are beveled, that will eventually grin through, but purely aesthetic no performance issues.

Outkast_IRE

I thought with lino you would still lift the skirting ? You need an edge for the vinyl / lino to slip under to give a clean finish

Cuttlefish

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I thought with lino you would still lift the skirting ? You need an edge for the vinyl / lino to slip under to give a clean finish

I thought it would be cut to the skirting then maybe glued down?

Outkast_IRE

Cuttlefish wrote: »

I thought it would be cut to the skirting then maybe glued down?

It isnt easy to cut the skirting in a straight line along the base of it. I think you normally take it off and refit when the lino / vinyl is down to get the neatest finish

Cuttlefish

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

It isnt easy to cut the skirting in a straight line along the base of it. I think you normally take it off and refit when the lino / vinyl is down to get the neatest finish

Very true and I kind of realised that as I typed my reply earlier - you would want to be quite skilled to get a consistent straight line while cutting