Floor Prep For Carpet

If you have made the decision to refinish your basement the renovations probably include the installation of a new carpet.

Floor prep for carpet.

Floor preparation can be pretty time consuming hopefully there won t be any surprises that make this task any longer. The key to a beautiful long lasting hardwood or laminate floor is a well prepared subfloor. Some more floor preparation scraping and sweeping. Peel and stick tile has come a long way since the days when it was a cheap and easy if not very attractive way to give old floors new life.

To replace an existing carpet remove all metal edgings. Once the work begins your installer will be responsible for removing and disposing of your old carpet. Do this by multiplying the room s length by its width. Here we begin with the important step of cleaning and prepping the concrete for the smooth edge installation.

How to prepare a floor for peel stick tile. The subfloor surface must be dry free of debris and as smooth as possible. Carpet tiles can adhere to concrete plywood or particleboard subfloors. Moulding and trim can be fragile and despite their best efforts your installation team may break a few pieces.

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. Give yourself enough time to prepare the floor properly. Before you install your plywood subfloor first calculate the room s square footage to find out how much flooring you ll need to buy. I use my scraper and scrap everywhere.

If you re having the new carpet professionally installed on monday morning don t start working on the floor sunday evening. They will remove any moulding or trim in the room and prep the subfloor for installation. Then pry one corner of the carpet loose from the tackless strip and pull up the entire piece. The steps that are required differ slightly depending upon whether you are replacing carpet or preparing a wood concrete or tile floor.

Before you can install carpet tiles you must prepare the existing floor. Carpet installations usually require a little floor preparation. In order to prevent moisture and mildew from penetrating the carpeting it is important to prepare your concrete basement floor prior to the installation. Give yourself at least a day for basic cleaning and baseboard painting and longer for bigger projects like sealing and patching.