Laying Hardboard Before Carpets

Measure your room and work out how many sheets of hardboard you will need.

Laying hardboard before carpets.

Laying hardboard in kitchen before vinyl flooring. The floorcoverings can then be loose laid if required on a domestic project or bonded more usually if it s a commercial project. 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. 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 installing baseboards before carpet ask the installer how large of a gap to leave between the floor and the trim e g. The carpet installer can run the tack strip up to the trim then roll excess carpet under the trim. Hardboard is often used before laying carpet sheet vinyl and soft tiles such as cork carpet and vinyl. When you get the boards home store them in the room you will be laying them in.

2ft x 4ft sheets 3 2mm thick 60cm x 120cm 0 72 sqm pre shrunk sheets of flooring harboard for smoothing uneven floorboards prior to installing vinyl flooring or carpets. 4 loose lay more boards up down and across the room. 2 loose lay the first board over the centre with its long edges at 90 degrees to the floorboards. A thick carpet like that with an 11mm underlay will hide any minor floorboard issues in a bedroom easily.

Hardboard is generally laid smooth side up especially when floor coverings are to be stuck down such as with vinyl tiles. We are going to have a new vinyl sheet flooring. 30 03 12 23 37 in advice 1. I am currently revamping our kitchen and removed all the base units temporarily into the dining room to leave a totally free space.

Always check which side up a manufacturer recommends for its particular floor covering. 3 adjust it so that the edges do not correspond with the gaps between the floorboards. Flooring hardboard for smoothing uneven floorboards or wood floors before laying kitchen and bathroom vinyl flooring or carpets. For most installers this is not a problem and can be done easily.

If you feel you need to though use hardboard and nail away until level with no bumps.