Will carpet on top of parquet/enginered wood/laminate attached with spray adhesive damage it?

[Dace]

I have a mixture of all types of flooring in one property. (blame my mother) Wanted to have the best rooms carpeted while rented (for protection), but keep the higher quality wooden floors for selling in the future.

Was about to pay somebody to do it next week, just wondering if its a bad idea for any reason?
Thanks.

 

[Dace]

I can just use something to dissolve the adhesive when I want to remove the carpet right?
Thanks
thanks.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Parquet from pre-WWII might even be French polished, if original, so you need to be careful which solvents (if any) that you use - French polish redissolves in methylated spirits (and anything containing methyl alcohol) and some older flooring varnishes can also start to dissolve with the appropriate solvent.

But I'm pretty sure that if you carpet over parquet the backing on the carpet/underlay will eventually rub away the finish in places(any sbrasive dirt working through the carpeting would do the same), so you'd end up having to sand it and refinish it in any case. If you are going to contrnd with that you might as well staple or tack nail the carpet down for a more secure fix (the holes get filled when you resand the floor)

 

[Dace]

Parquet from pre-WWII might even be French polished, if original, so you need to be careful which solvents (if any) that you use - French polish redissolves in methylated spirits (and anything containing methyl alcohol) and some older flooring varnishes can also start to dissolve with the appropriate solvent.

But I'm pretty sure that if you carpet over parquet the backing on the carpet/underlay will eventually rub away the finish in places(any sbrasive dirt working through the carpeting would do the same), so you'd end up having to sand it and refinish it in any case. If you are going to contrnd with that you might as well staple or tack nail the carpet down for a more secure fix (the holes get filled when you resand the floor)

I doubt the parquet is that old, but interesting to read, thankyou. Quote was for a berber carpet if that matters. Ill get a photo of the floors, im only bothering with 3 rooms, think 2 types there.

How do holes get filled? Is this because so much height is lost when sanding, I though the nails/staples were much deeper than that

 

[Deleted member 174758]

How do holes get filled? Is this because so much height is lost when sanding, I though the nails/staples were much deeper than that

When sanding the holes get filled. Staples or carpet tacks go in maybe 5 to 10mm. Heavy sanding will only be necessary if there is surface damage or discolouration. Minor marks won't necessarilly call for a full sanding and minor staple/tack holes can at times be dealt with by using mixed coloured waxes for a near invisible repair and then the surface might respond to buffing up and a new coat of polish. Until you lift the carpet afterwards, though, there is no way of knowing.

How the carpet is secured is down to the fitter, but it is best to be aware that if you start using adhesive materials, such as double sided carpet tape, which can lift the finish off wooden floors when removed, that refinishing becomes more likely.

 

[Tigercubrider]

my house had underlay and carpet over mid 50's parquet.

The underlay had been stapled, then the carpet laid over that and used grip strips tacked to the edges.

You will need to sand and refinish a floor that had this done. I would guess that even laying the corrugated floor protector stuff followed by a few years of carpet use will have enough movement to abrade the finish enough to warrant a refinish? But after it is done, it will come back to good as new. Don't use glue

 

[conny]

Adhesive on any type of good quality floor is a definite NO-NO!
Even if you manage to clear up any remaining adhesive there will always be little spots/patches ingrained into the wood.
These may not be visible after sanding but will often stand out like a sore thumb when the wood is re-treated.

 

[Dace]

I am trying to protect against any bad spills really, the £1200 on budget carpet wont even fully pretect from this; seems I'll be trading the chance of bad damage for certain minor damage + 1.5kish money.

Anyway 2 different flooring types, not actually sure if either of these were even parquet tbh!

 

[Tigercubrider]

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this duct taped together, then carpeted over would probably do?
only thing might be that it collects moisture but I don’t know.
even builder’s plastic dpm might do.
or thin ply/ mdf again gaffer taped together.

we laid thin MDF on a carpeted floor four or five years ago and it is still there.
we used tape sticky side up below the joins and the floor was painted with floor paint for a store space - it seems to be fine.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

On a couple of listed refurbs where we repaired parquet floors (i.e lifted and relaid with some replacements) the end user wanted vinyl as a working surface, so the floor was covered with 6mm plywood tacked in place, SLC went on, then welded commercial vinyl. This was to satisfy the conservation officer in both cases that the floor would be retained in-situ and be readily and easily to refurbish in the future. It is accepted that surface degradation will occur when you do stuff like this

 

[Dace]

Ok, so what option would you choose if you were renting it out?