Carpet Floor Preparation

Plywood carpet pad and carpet as shown.

Carpet floor preparation.

They will remove any moulding or trim in the room and prep the subfloor for installation. Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing. Moulding and trim can be fragile and despite their best efforts your installation team may break a few pieces. If you have made the decision to refinish your basement the renovations probably include the installation of a new carpet.

When the corner of the carpet is loose use your gloved hands to pull along the length of the wall. You then have two options depending on your circumstances. To replace an existing carpet remove all metal edgings. In order to prevent moisture and mildew from penetrating the carpeting it is important to prepare your concrete basement floor prior to the installation.

The subfloor surface must be dry free of debris and as smooth as possible. Pull toward you to detach it from the sharp tack strip that holds it to the floor along the wall. Before you install your plywood subfloor first calculate the room s square footage to find out how much flooring you ll need to buy. After i finish with removing the carpet tackstrip and padding i check the floor for any lumps of drywall mud or concrete lumps.

Carpet tiles can adhere to concrete plywood or particleboard subfloors. The care that you take with flooring preparation will help your new carpet to last as long as possible. Before you can install carpet tiles you must prepare the existing floor. For below grade slabs assume that the concrete floor will get damp at some point.

Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. Carpet installations usually require a little floor preparation. I use my scraper and scrap everywhere. And both of the options use the same layers of 1 2 in.

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. Do this by multiplying the room s length by its width.

The key to a beautiful long lasting hardwood or laminate floor is a well prepared subfloor. Floor preparation can be pretty time consuming hopefully there won t be any surprises that make this task any longer. Then pry one corner of the carpet loose from the tackless strip and pull up the entire piece. Give yourself at least a day for basic cleaning and baseboard painting and longer for bigger projects like sealing and patching.

Once the work begins your installer will be responsible for removing and disposing of your old carpet. Many homes replace their carpet approximately every 10 to 15 years.