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we had rubber carpet padding for my living room and stairs just put in. the installer put the waffle side facing the wood floor and the straight side which had a moisture block protection facing up is that the right way?
also when he did the stairs he did not round the steps with the padding so when i climb the stairs and walk on the edges it feals a little hard was this done correctly?
thanks
ark at February 26, 2009 05:11 PM
Posted by: ark at February 26, 2009 05:11 PMHi Ark, The waffle side is supposed to face up - as stated in the article.
As far as the stairs, sometimes padding is not put on outer edges, sometimes it is. It is usually a personal preference.
The Flooring Lady at February 27, 2009 11:06 AM
Posted by: The Flooring Lady at February 27, 2009 11:06 AMI have a thinner wool carpet on a thinner pad in the bedroom and a thicker nylon carpet with thicker pad in the hall. Should I install a layer of subfloor in the bedroom to bring the carpets to the same height? Also, how do I seam the two different height carpets at the doorway so that they lay at the same height? Is it okay for the seam to lie over the transition between heights in the doorway after laying the subfloor?
Thanks a lot.
TheOx at March 8, 2009 09:58 PM
Posted by: TheOx at March 8, 2009 09:58 PMHi Ox, How big of a height difference do you have? If it's not too big of a difference, you could might be able to use a thicker pad in the bedroom and/or a thinner pad in the hall, though intalling a layer of subfloor can work well too if the joists can support the extra weight (if applicable). Most of the time, just use a joiner carpet bar. Carpet seam tape is what is used to seam any two pieces of carpeting. You can use either the glue type that you have to heat the glue to get it to bond or the pressure-sensitive type, carpet edges can also be tucked under.
The Flooring Lady at March 11, 2009 02:39 PM
Posted by: The Flooring Lady at March 11, 2009 02:39 PMHi My Fiance and I are having a disagreement as whether or not to have carpet professionally installed. Our livingroom is a total of 12 x 19 from the patio door to the wall. We are only carpeting with padding 12 x 15. My Fiancee says that he was told that they will lay the carpet and roll the edges under so the carpeting will look very neat. I can not understand that. I think that is impossible I think that we should just buy the carpet 12 x 15 and lay it on the floor with out padding because if we buy padding then the carpet will be too high off the floor and it will look silly. We just layed a wood look linoleum in our dining area and up to the front door which looks great so now all we need to do is lay the carpet in the living room which will extend a little less than one foot over the lineolum on each side. How will my fiance way look good with padding and rolled under? I hope you can help because I am so confused and I say why spend all that money if we do not need to. Thank you so much
Sharon at March 24, 2009 08:46 AM
Posted by: Sharon at March 24, 2009 08:46 AMHi Sharon, Sorry, but you're fiance is correct - carpeting can be rolled under at the edges to create a very neat appearance. The padding will extend to just before the edge, so the padding isn't rolled under. Remember too, not all padding is thick. ;~)
The Flooring Lady at March 24, 2009 03:47 PM
Posted by: The Flooring Lady at March 24, 2009 03:47 PMHi Thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly. OH SHUCKS! I was hoping he was wrong. I wanted to save $301.00 and just lay the carpet on the floor without the padding thinking that it will look much better so now I have no way of convincing him. I can not wait to see the out come. Thanks Again (smile)
Sharon at March 25, 2009 12:08 PM
Posted by: Sharon at March 25, 2009 12:08 PMHi, I lay carpet and tile for some landlords in town. I usually do a straight glue down to the sub floor, but I have contracted with a new landlord and he wants me to do something different. He wants a pad down under a very thin and cheep rubber backed carpet, using no tack strips. He wants the carpet glued down to. I know how to lay a pad and how to stretch a carpet, but I am confused as to how to do it when gluing down the pad and the carpet. I think the glue won't spread well on top of the pad.Thank you for any advice.
Melissa at April 18, 2009 01:07 AM
Posted by: Melissa at April 18, 2009 01:07 AMI want to lay carpet over linoleum in my bathroom. Is this reasonable or do I need to do something else?
Kelly Brown at April 18, 2009 07:38 PM
Posted by: Kelly Brown at April 18, 2009 07:38 PM
Hi Melissa, With the little bit of info you've submitted, I cannot make any recommendations. Perhaps if you could give more info?
The Flooring Lady at April 20, 2009 11:59 AM
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