Carpet On Cement Floor

Plywood carpet pad and carpet as shown.

Carpet on cement floor.

In addition carpet is one of the most flexible floor covering materials so even if your cement floor is not perfectly level carpet can be installed right over it. Any carpet fiber style from plush to loop can be applied to a concrete floor. Thankfully a number of simple techniques exist to help you clean floors with ease. Then lay tack strips around the perimeter of the room and install your strips of padding.

Before you install the carpet make sure to check the concrete for any moisture issues that need to be addressed. Chances are refinishing your concrete floor will yield a sharper looking longer lasting floor for less money. Any kind of persistent moisture will allow mold to get a foothold and soon ruin carpet or wood flooring. Step 1 scraping the carpet glue.

If you think installing carpet is time consuming and complicated think again. On a concrete floor the carpet pad is often glued into place. Remove as much of the carpet glue as possible by scraping it using a razor blade scraper. Carpet glue is an incredibly strong adhesive designed to fix rolls of carpet to concrete floors.

To install carpet on concrete choose a carpet that is constructed of synthetic products only as natural fibers are often too absorbent. Here are some alternative methods to get carpet glue off of concrete that will protect your health and your wallet. A long handled floor scraper with a sharp blade can make quick work of the staples. The chosen fiber material type should be a synthetic form such as olefin face fiber.

Adhesive strips and the carpet s heavy backing hold them in place. Modular carpet aka carpet squares is one of the easiest floor coverings to install and one of the easiest cheap flooring ideas. Or you can throw down a few rugs in high foot traffic areas. Concrete staining and finishing can create a smooth decorative surface from your concrete that will also be warmer than you probably imagine.

With a motion similar to using a push broom go around the entire room to slice off or yank out the staples with the scraper. You then have two options depending on your circumstances. For below grade slabs assume that the concrete floor will get damp at some point. The scraper can easily remove big chunks of the glue which helps get the job done more easily later.

And both of the options use the same layers of 1 2 in. To prevent this chip away bumbs using a hammer and chisel. You simply lay the squares on the floor. Though incredibly effective this specialty glue is also notorious because it leaves behind sticky residue that is hard to remove with traditional removal methods.

While carpet and underlayment will be able to hide some flaws in the concrete sagging or bumby areas may show through.