Carpet Floor Preparation

Carpet tiles can adhere to concrete plywood or particleboard subfloors.

Carpet floor preparation.

Any kind of persistent moisture will allow mold to get a foothold and soon ruin carpet or wood flooring. In some cases you can also install carpet tiles over existing wood tile or vinyl flooring so long as the existing flooring is no more than an inch thick. If you re having the new carpet professionally installed on monday morning don t start working on the floor sunday evening. Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall.

You then have two options depending on your circumstances. Floor preparation can be pretty time consuming hopefully there won t be any surprises that make this task any longer. I use my scraper and scrap everywhere. The key to a beautiful long lasting hardwood or laminate floor is a well prepared subfloor.

Some more floor preparation scraping and sweeping. Carpet installations usually require a little floor preparation. Before you install your plywood subfloor first calculate the room s square footage to find out how much flooring you ll need to buy. They will remove any moulding or trim in the room and prep the subfloor for installation.

Plywood carpet pad and carpet as shown. Do this by multiplying the room s length by its width. After i finish with removing the carpet tackstrip and padding i check the floor for any lumps of drywall mud or concrete lumps. And both of the options use the same layers of 1 2 in.

The subfloor surface must be dry free of debris and as smooth as possible. Before you can install carpet tiles you must prepare the existing floor. Give yourself at least a day for basic cleaning and baseboard painting and longer for bigger projects like sealing and patching. If you have made the decision to refinish your basement the renovations probably include the installation of a new carpet.

Once the work begins your installer will be responsible for removing and disposing of your old carpet. In order to prevent moisture and mildew from penetrating the carpeting it is important to prepare your concrete basement floor prior to the installation. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing.

For below grade slabs assume that the concrete floor will get damp at some point. Once you have measured asked for estimates and chosen a new carpet you must remove the old carpet. Moulding and trim can be fragile and despite their best efforts your installation team may break a few pieces. To replace an existing carpet remove all metal edgings.

The care that you take with flooring preparation will help your new carpet to last as long as possible. Then pry one corner of the carpet loose from the tackless strip and pull up the entire piece.