How to Lay Carpet on the Plywood Floor
Plain plywood often is used as a sub floor in the home, this sub floor is covered with a more attractive durable covering. You may attain the best results through hiring an expert to lay carpet over your plywood floor. You can often lay carpet in one day in a single room.
* Eliminate all furniture from the room, pull all the baseboards away from the floors.
* Clean the plywood. Use the broom to scrub the vinegar from the floor.
* Attach the tack strips with nails around the perimeter of the room, as a minimum two nails per strip.
* Cut the carpet pad with any utility knife.
* Spread carpet pad adhesive all over the floor, and place the carpet pad on the top.For specific information, consult the instructions on your specific adhesive.
* Measure the room and cut carpet from the back with the help of a utility knife so that it is somewhat larger than the floor.
* Apply a line of seam sealer on the corner of one piece, glue the two pieces together. Then wait for the sealer to dry.
* Lay the carpet all over the floor. Place the knee kicker near the corner of the floor.
* Adjust the wall trimmer so that it matches the width of the carpet. Press the remaining carpet corners into the gap between the wall and the tack strip with a stair chisel.
* Attach the carpet on the tack strips on the wall adjacent to the 1stwall.
* Stretch carpet on the wall opposite the 1st wall. The power stretcher should be at about 15 degrees with the head.To stretch the carpet,press the handle on the stretcher down.
* Stretch the carpet on the left over floor with the power stretcher.
* Install transition molding or a metal strip over the carpet corner in any doorways to safeguard the carpet.
* Eliminate all furniture from the room, pull all the baseboards away from the floors.
* Clean the plywood. Use the broom to scrub the vinegar from the floor.
* Attach the tack strips with nails around the perimeter of the room, as a minimum two nails per strip.
* Cut the carpet pad with any utility knife.
* Spread carpet pad adhesive all over the floor, and place the carpet pad on the top.For specific information, consult the instructions on your specific adhesive.
* Measure the room and cut carpet from the back with the help of a utility knife so that it is somewhat larger than the floor.
* Apply a line of seam sealer on the corner of one piece, glue the two pieces together. Then wait for the sealer to dry.
* Lay the carpet all over the floor. Place the knee kicker near the corner of the floor.
* Adjust the wall trimmer so that it matches the width of the carpet. Press the remaining carpet corners into the gap between the wall and the tack strip with a stair chisel.
* Attach the carpet on the tack strips on the wall adjacent to the 1stwall.
* Stretch carpet on the wall opposite the 1st wall. The power stretcher should be at about 15 degrees with the head.To stretch the carpet,press the handle on the stretcher down.
* Stretch the carpet on the left over floor with the power stretcher.
* Install transition molding or a metal strip over the carpet corner in any doorways to safeguard the carpet.