For ugly hard surface flooring wood tile or vinyl that you want to cover completely consider snap together laminate flooring.
Ways to cover laminate floors rental.
Covering up an ugly rental unit carpet with wood flooring.
Is it even possible.
You can choose colors and place rugs on top.
Stick on vinyl floor decals.
When choosing a flooring material you want to select something that is attractive to tenants but will also withstand a lot of wear and tear.
I was seriously surprised.
Wood laminate flooring directly over the carpet.
Seattle renter sumit basu covered up his low pile apartment carpet with a snap in laminate floor sharing tips of the process with a how to video documenting the upgrade proce.
My in laws just installed a vinyl sheet floor in their kitchen which looks crazy real and not at all cheap and crappy.
A rug over carpet.
It s called a floorcloth a large decorative square of canvas or vinyl.
This would likely work best covering hardwoods tile or.
Cover it in prettier vinyl sheet flooring.
4 important factors when choosing rental flooring.
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.
5 ways to cover up a crappy rental apartment floor.
You do not want to constantly be replacing the flooring in your rental.
I scoured apartment therapy and googled flooring over carpet or temporary dining room floors but only two main suggestions kept reoccurring.
You can also take the approach from the chemical etching method where you can apply a little bit of stain that matches your floor s color with a paintbrush or cotton swab.
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.
Perhaps the easiest and least.
Aim a little lighter than your floor s stain and then wipe away the access.
Jan 28 2012 how many of us fellow renters have dreamt this very same idea.
Carpeting and rugs are a perfect fix when you need to cover your disaster of a living room floor but carpet and kitchen tile doesn t mix well.
Click in faux wood flooring.
Durable materials are essential because you do not want to waste time and money constantly replacing the flooring.
Home depot carries it for about 1 25 per square foot and for a high traffic space that needs to be very durable this might be a great option.
A good coat of paint.
However deep scratches are porous so they ll absorb more stain than you think.
Take a tip from kanter and buy enough rubberized flooring to cover an area.