Install Carpet And Pad

Install carpet pad so that any seams will be at right angles to those in the carpet.

Install carpet and pad.

Step 5 staple any pad seams. Staple the seam of the pad alternating staples so that they aren t beside one another. Measure and cut tack strips to fit the perimeter of the room then. The carpet padding and the labor.

Excluding extra s such as. Tack strips removing old carpet and padding and disposal. Install the carpet pad. Begin by repairing and cleaning the floor if necessary then remove any doors that may get in the way.

How to put down carpet padding. Lay out the carpet pad perpendicular to the direction you plan to install the carpet image 1 and staple it near the tackless strips with a staple hammer image 2. At the home depot the cost of carpet installation is free on purchases of 699 or more. Installing carpet pad or floating floors on an uneven subfloor will only cover up the problem temporarily.

Keep in mind that if the padding will have seams once installed those should be at right angles to the seams in the carpeting. The cost to install carpet depends on three factors. So with carpeting and padding the cost can run up to 1 200 00 for materials alone. Use a staple hammer tacker to fasten the carpet pad against the edge of the tack strip.

A carpet pad installed over uneven subfloors will wear unevenly and quickly with the pressure from feet and furniture causing the carpet and the padding to wear out much quicker.