Hi all, I am about to install a wood flooring- the glueless/nail-less kind that just interlocks together and had a couple questions. One room has vinyl squares over a standard concrete slab and the other is a carpeted over a slab. For the vinyl room: should I pull the vinyl up first (which is easy enough to do- some of the squares just pop up with a little pry). A guy at the store said to leave them down as the vinyl will serve as a moisture barrier, and you can put the self-leveling glop right on it and then the underlayment on top of that. For the carpeted room: it was just painted and if I pull the baseboards off, in addition to the extra labor doing so and putting them back it will no doubt require some cosmetic repair renailing, repainting, etc. I was wondering if I can just go around the perimeter as close as possible to the baseboards with a carpet knife cutting the carpet. In other words, leave a little strip of carpet directly under the baseboards. Then when I put the wood flooring in I can cover the interface of the flooring board and the little carpet under the baseboard with quarter round. Would sure save alot of labor. Or is the space under the baseboards needed for expansion or something ?
Thanks for any advice, Bob