Can I Just Staple A Carpet Down To The Floor

Staple carpet padding to stair surfaces.

Can i just staple a carpet down to the floor.

I use the scraper to get the staples out of the floor just make sure the blade in the scraper is dull so it. 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. Do not use more staples than are necessary to hold the carpet down securely. Installing carpet directly over concrete can be a do it yourself project if using the glue down method.

Use heavy duty staples a minimum of 1 2 long. Tack strips are sometimes called tackless strips because they eliminate the need for using individual carpet tacks to hold carpeting to the floor. With the cut you just made. 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.

Installing carpet steps without staples. Most carpets on stairs are installed with some sort of hardware such as staples nails or strips of sharp tacks called tackless strips. Slide the carpet cutter along the wall. When padding is not desirable the carpet ends up directly on top of the concrete.

I pull the pad up as best i can then i use my scraper like the one below in photo. 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. Staple the carpet padding to the floor using a staple gun. Load the 9 16 inch staples into your staple gun.

Do this immediately after shooting each staple. On hardwood it may be necessary to tap the staple with a small hammer to drive it in fully. Cut thick padding in strips 1 inch narrower than the width of the runner just as with the tackless strips and 3 inches longer than the depth of the tread.