I have always had wood floors, I am taking a rented council flat. being on a tight budget I usually get felt backed carpet, friends tell me its no good for bare concrete floors, underlay would add £200. Whats your experience.
2007-11-30 05:40:36 · 5 answers · asked by Curly Top 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
I have concrete floors, if you must go with carpet, get the carpet tiles, they work amazingly well on concrete floors and the seams are invisible once it's laid or go for linoleum tiles.
Lastly, but most importantly, get yourself a pair of slippers. Conrete floors are cold as hell in the cooler months and walking barefoot or in stockinged feet is out of the question.
2007-11-30 05:45:30 · answer #1 · answered by sleepingliv 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You definitely need an underlay as foam backed carpet will just stick to the concrete and cause wear problems.
2007-11-30 14:24:59 · answer #2 · answered by CountTheDays 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
shop around go to a really cheap carpet shop and ask them.
they have felt underlay which is separate to the carpet. i put it down in my cellar, and that had a new bitumen floor. no problems.
2007-11-30 13:43:59 · answer #3 · answered by heavymetalbitch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wear thick souled shoes. concrete floors are cold and hard.
With thin tile or linoleum on them we just have to suffer for a well made house. To expensive to put wood over concrete.
2007-11-30 13:45:06 · answer #4 · answered by Vanessa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it will be fine for a good 5 years
2007-11-30 13:46:03 · answer #5 · answered by Santa claus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋