Laying Hardboard Before Carpet

2 loose lay the first board over the centre with its long edges at 90 degrees to the floorboards.

Laying hardboard before carpet.

The carpet wore remarkably well. I m a cloud 9 fan too. A thick carpet like that with an 11mm underlay will hide any minor floorboard issues in a bedroom easily. For most installers this is not a problem and can be done easily.

The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim. If you need to do this take into account the thickness of the new floor covering when you re marking up the door. 4 loose lay more boards up down and across the room. Depends on floorboard quality i guess.

If you feel you need to though use hardboard and nail away until level with no bumps. However consult with your installer to be. Laying this hardboard will have increased the floor height. If the door opens into the room you may have to remove the door and cut some off the bottom.

How to 4 laying hardboard and plywood 1 use a chalk line to mark two lines at 90 degree angles to each other across the centre of the room f2. When installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g. The floorcoverings can then be loose laid if required on a domestic project or bonded more usually if it s a commercial project. A long established method of preparing a subfloor before laying resilient or textile floorcoverings is to overboard the area with a suitable grade of plywood or hardboard.

Flooring hardboard for smoothing uneven floorboards or wood floors before laying kitchen and bathroom vinyl flooring or carpets. 2 hardboard is the easiest to fit diy but neither are nice materials to work with and it s not a job anyone enjoys. When you get the boards home store them in the room you will be laying them in. 3 adjust it so that the edges do not correspond with the gaps between the floorboards.

Measure your room and work out how many sheets of hardboard you will need. My carpet shop always recommended me putting down hardboard before carpet. I did this 15 years ago and recently took the carpet up house layout change.