3 Easy Parts & Items Required To Install Carpet Padding On Concrete Floor
The users can easily install the carpet padding on the Concrete floor by following the below-mentioned parts with steps but first collect the items that are required for the process:
Items Required
- Carpet, Mop And Bucket
- Padding & Metal Door Jamb
- Adhesive, Putty Knife, Carpet Knife & Iron
- Duct Tape, Seaming Tape & Straight Edge
- Knee Kicker, Tack Strip & Carpet Stretcher
- Masonry Nails And Hammer
Part I- Buying The Carpet
- Calculate the Size Dimensions: Start by calculating the size dimensions of the room where the carpet is going to get installed. The users then need to visit the carpet dealer and tell him about the calculate measurements of the room so that the users will get a sufficient amount of the carpet for accomplishing their procedure. The users need to mention to their carpet dealer that they are installing their carpet over the concrete floor as the concrete floor must require totally different tools and the adhesive materials as compared to installing the carpet over the wooden floors.
- Make the Detailed Choice: The users also need to take the stain/paint and the other drape samples to the carpet dealer so that he can compare it accordingly. If the users have already painted the walls of their room or the users might have the plan of painting their room walls then at that time the users need to take out all the samples so that they can easily make their exact choice in the carpet store.
- Use the Synthetic Crafted Carpet: Choose the carpet that can easily get affixed with the concrete floor. The users are advised to choose the carpet that is mainly crafted from the synthetic materials as most of the carpets are blended with the jute materials and that type of carpets can become too absorbent to be used on the concrete floor. The users are advised to place their carpet over the subfloor and they need to pick that specific kind of material that can easily hold up with the concrete tendency in order to collect the entire floor moisture.
- Choose The Carpet Texture Select the style of the carpet and the best is to choose the solid or the patterned styled carpet and the color should be light or the dark-colored. As per the rule of the carpet, the light-colored carpet appears to look more beautiful in the small rooms while as the dark-colored carpet adds more elegance to the large rooms.
Part II- Preparing The Room
- Remove the Items: Start by detaching all the furnishing items and other products from the room that can rest upon the carpet.
- Address the Moisture Problems: The users need to identify all the moisture-related issues of the room before installing the carpet. They also need to examine the drainage problems and if this problem is ignored it can result in the damage of the floor and the carpet as well.
- Remove The Doors: Remove the doors by unbinding its metal hardware for the easy installation process. The users also need to trim up the base of the room door by using the saw accordingly so as to assure easy door closure once the carpets are installed.
- Fill up the wood Cracks: Lift all the baseboards to install the carpet and fill up all the wood cracks by using the waterproof wood filler so as to create the smooth surface.
- Use the Leveling Material: The users then need to flatten out all the reduced areas on the concrete floor by using the leveler material and then allow it to get dried off completely followed by the sanding process accordingly.
- Clean Up The Floor Surface: Once the concrete floor is ready for installing the carpet the users then need to clean up all the dust and the debris particles from the floor by using the chemical-free cleaner followed by rinsing the floor with the clean water in order to get rid of the cleaner residue.
Part III- Laying The Carpet
- Lay The Tack Strips: Start by laying the tack strips by trimming the tack strips of the same length of one side of the wall and then affix it with the floor by using the masonry nails. The users can also use the nail glue to affix down the tack strips they are required to leave space in between the wall and the tack strips because the tacks will be used to tuck the carpet corners while the installation process.
- Lay the Padding strips: Lay down the padding strips and to do so the users need to cut down the padding strips of the room length and then lay it to the room side. Keep the rows adjoined and then cover up the seams by using the duct tape. Cut Off the unneeded padding by using the utility knife. Then spread the glue over the edges of padding so as to affix it with the floor.
- Lay The Carpet: Then users need to trim down the carpet as per the exact room size leaving near about 15.2 cm excess carpet on all of the floor sides. The pattern of the carpet should match the length in order to hide the seams. Then the users need to use the steam iron to activate the adhesive side and then affix the pieces together respectively.
- Trim Down The Unneeded Carpet: The users need to trim down all the unneeded carpet and then arrange the carpet towards the back area of the tack strip by using the putty knife.