Remove all furniture and items from the room and vacuum the carpet for a clean starting surface.
Temporary hardwood floor over carpet.
Keywords to look for are sheet flooring full roll or vinyl sheet and the measurements in the description should be several feet not just a few inches.
I scoured apartment therapy and googled flooring over carpet or temporary dining room floors but only two main suggestions kept reoccurring.
Kate ferguson october 8 2013 at 12 19 am reply.
Sure i d get my security deposit back but i d have to live with a disgusting 8 x 10 cover up in the meantime.
That is an awesome idea.
Set the first plank in the corner of the room working from.
Place spacers between the wall and the planks.
Click in engineered wood flooring has many advantages for temporary.
This flooring option involve boards that snap together and lock across a floor without needing nails or glue to.
They lock together firmly using a tab n loop system.
This one gets tricky especially if your floor has carpeting.
Don t balk at this just yet.
Temporary floors can be placed over existing carpet hardwood or almost any other level surface and work great in nearly any space.
Use your spacers to ensure there is a expansion gap from the wall.
I love the floor color.
A rug over carpet.
Wood laminate flooring directly over the carpet.
October 8 2013 at 12 37 am reply.
Hard floor over carpet these snap together court tiles are designed for indoor basketball and volleyball courts but they also make for excellent dance flooring over carpet.
Look for a floor that comes as a roll not individual tiles.
While other tiles have a decorative vinyl top surface these tiles are made from a single piece of polypropylene plastic.
So glad you were able to find a temporary solution that works for y all.
Plus it looks great.
I am going to put a hardwood floor over my carpet it is very low pile capret.
Laminate planks laminate planks are an excellent option for a temporary floor as they too can be installed floated over carpet using the same installation process as vinyl planks.