Can I Just Staple A Carpet Down To The Floor

I pull the pad up as best i can then i use my scraper like the one below in photo.

Can i just staple a carpet down to the floor.

Wood floors carpet padding on wood floors can be a little more labor intensive mostly from the carpet installers that use staples to hold the pad down. Most carpets on stairs are installed with some sort of hardware such as staples nails or strips of sharp tacks called tackless strips. Tack strips are sometimes called tackless strips because they eliminate the need for using individual carpet tacks to hold carpeting to the floor. Do not use more staples than are necessary to hold the carpet down securely.

Staple the carpet to the plywood by pressing the staple gun firmly into the carpeting and pressing down on the handle of a manual gun or on the. It will both cut the carpet and tuck the excess down between the. Staple the carpet padding to the floor using a staple gun. Slide the carpet cutter along the wall.

Load the 9 16 inch staples into your staple gun. Use heavy duty staples a minimum of 1 2 long. Whether for a basement enclosed porch or a finished garage you can use carpet to cover concrete floors. I use the scraper to get the staples out of the floor just make sure the blade in the scraper is dull so it.

Installing carpet steps without staples. Installing carpet directly over concrete can be a do it yourself project if using the glue down method. When padding is not desirable the carpet ends up directly on top of the concrete. Installation with staples staples can be used instead of tape.

Do this immediately after shooting each staple. Nail the tack strips to the wooden subfloor or if installing carpet over concrete use masonry tacks or an epoxy adhesive attach the strips to the floor. With the cut you just made.