Installing Carpet Padding On Concrete

Use tin snips to cut the strips as necessary.

Installing carpet padding on concrete. One rubber pad that sounds like a great recycling idea is a 100 rubber under pad made out of recycled car tires. Step 3 install carpet grippers. The strips should be installed 1 2 from the wall with the tacks facing the wall. If it remains dry then you can install as on any concrete floor except do not use under pads that can absorb moisture.

Do not place the grippers at doorways or thresholds because the nails could poke through the carpet and hurt your feet. If using the waffle pad style of carpet pad the waffle side of the carpeting pad should be face up for maximum cushioning and it is cut to fit inside the tackless strips with about gap so that the carpet itself can be attached to the tackless strips and the padding does not interfere with the securing of the carpet. They look similar to carpet padding but they have a plastic film on the surface to block moisture. Step 4 lay out the padding.

Concrete absorbs and retains water and the moisture can seep into the carpet padding and then into the carpet. Secure the strips with epoxy adhesive. Use apoxy adhesive to secure them to the concrete floor. If you re not going to install your carpet on a subfloor you ll need to make sure that you re picking a kind of fiber that will stand up to concrete s tendency to collect moisture.

Lay the padding on the floor pull it up to the grippers and staple it to the gripper strip. Consider carpet made from olefin face fiber. Nail the tack strips to the wooden subfloor or if installing carpet over concrete use masonry tacks or an epoxy adhesive attach the strips to the floor. Lay carpet grippers down 1 2 inch from the base of the wall.

Some carpet is backed with jute which is too absorbent to use on concrete. Place tackless strips around the entire perimeter of the room. Keep a space equal to about two thirds the thickness of the carpet between the walls and the tack strips using a scrap piece of carpet as a guide. Shoot masonry screws into the strips every 6 8 on center to fasten them to the concrete.