Installing Carpet Squares On Concrete Floor

Whether for a basement enclosed porch or a finished garage you can use carpet to cover concrete floors.

Installing carpet squares on concrete floor.

Prevent damp basement floors from ruining carpet and other finished 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. Install dimpled polyethylene to create an air space between the concrete and the finished floor sealing off dampness and giving moisture a chance to dissipate. Then lay tack strips around the perimeter of the room and install your strips of padding.

If you think installing carpet is time consuming and complicated think again. Adhesive strips and the carpet s heavy backing hold them in place. Next section off the room into four quadrants and lay the tiles down starting in the center and working your way out. Installing carpet directly over concrete can be a do it yourself project if using the glue down method.

Carpet tiles also known as carpet squares or modular carpeting are easily installed side by side to create a smooth carpeted floor that looks just like wa. Carpet tiles can adhere to concrete plywood or particleboard subfloors. Like the foam base carpet tiles plastic based carpet tiles are also floating floor tiles and should not be glued down. You simply lay the squares on the floor.

Carpet is generally sold in yards but if you provide the store or distributor with a square footage they can transform this number into square yards for pricing and sales purposes. To install carpet tile draw the sections that you want to carpet on a piece of paper and arrange the tiles in a design or style that you like before you get started laying down the tiles. Before you can install carpet tiles you must prepare the existing floor. Modular carpet aka carpet squares aka peel and stick carpet squares is one of the easiest floor coverings to install.

Step 2 patch the concrete subfloor as required. The advantage of these tiles is that fact that they keep the carpet material raised off of the concrete preventing water from soaking into the material if they aren t already waterproof. Use option a to keep your floor dry if you have damp floors.