Choose between the two by comparing the relative benefits and weaknesses of each installation method.
Do you have to stretch glue down carpet.
Hook the carpet over the tack strips at the other end of the room or area after stretching the carpet with the knee kicker.
Gluing or direct glue down eliminates the need to stretch the inevitable problems over time that come from the damage that traffic rolling carts do to the carpet backing most carpet will have.
Pull the second side of the carpet out about half way carefully.
Go back around the room and trim the carpet down to fit into the floor of the room.
For the tack strips and stretching the carpet.
Apply a layer of glue in the remaining corners and pull the carpet back in place and press it down into the glue.
The tile is glazed but matte.
How do i stretch the carpet correctly.
Step 5 finishing it up.
The 4th wall will be a seam to another rooms carpet which i plan to heat glue together.
Everything i have read uses 4 full walls of tackstrips to get carpet tight.
Put down double sided tape on the deck surface where the carpet edge ends.
When padding is not desirable the carpet ends up directly on top of the concrete.
Leaving a gap between the carpet and wall is fine if you intend to place a floor board later.
As you force the lever down the teeth dig through the surface fibers grip the carpet backing and stretch the carpet.
I plan to glue the pad down.
When doing this it is important to make sure that you do not pull too far and you do not shift the side you have already glued.
This is similar to direct glue down installation except that we first glue a pad to the floor and then glue the carpet to the pad.
Double glue down carpet installation often called double stick installation.
I only have 1 long wall and 2 partial short walls.
But you would have to spray mist water as you go after a bead of glue is put down.
Before you release the handle push the carpet into the tack strip directly in front of the head.
When replacement is necessary removal is more difficult than stretch in installations.
Installing carpet directly over concrete can be a do it yourself project if using the glue down method.
Whether for a basement enclosed porch or a finished garage you can use carpet to cover concrete floors.
Glue down of tack strips for carpet install over ceramic tile discussion in.
The second is known as stretching carpet in with tackless strips.
Protect the wall or woodwork by resting the pushing end against a short length of 2x4 see the stretching sequence below.
Don t remove the paper from the top of the other side of the tape just yet.
I read that some glues do allow you to stretch the carpet in on the same day.
