Carpet installation question...
I'm replacing the carpet in my fifth-wheel. I have a memory foam pad and am trying to visualize how this all goes together. Do I need to use a knee-kicker/stretcher for such a small space? (lon...
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3M makes a double sided tape that will hold anything together. There are different grades of this tape, the stickiest being "Extreme duty". Like I mentioned, a wide crown stapler is the fastener of choice for most professionals over wood substrate. If installing pad over concrete, an adhesive is used and it mainly involves a thin bead around the perimeter. Pad is never attached to the carpet unless it is manufactured with a bonded pad.
You can try to precut the pieces needed but if stretched, the dimensions change, right? What are you having bound? If you're binding the edges of the carpet, you just flop the carpet on the pad and no stretching is required. Are you confusing binding with seaming?
Carpet has a warp and weft, it is directional. Pieces cut to cover one area are cut so that the direction is all the same. All residential carpet has arrows on the back to ascertain direction. It is best practice to install carpet with the direction of weft towards the entrance, footsteps walk into or against the grain. BTW, carpet is cut with the backing up. That allows the installer to make clean straight cuts, especially if cut between or along backer thread pattern. All good installers will cut the selvage off if cutting pieces. If you're installing Berber or closed loop carpet, it has it's own idiosyncrasies regarding cutting and seaming.
Putting pieces of pad underneath the carpet instead of full will result in waves of the carpet as a final result. If you don't care about the area under the couch, don't put any pad under there.
You can try to precut the pieces needed but if stretched, the dimensions change, right? What are you having bound? If you're binding the edges of the carpet, you just flop the carpet on the pad and no stretching is required. Are you confusing binding with seaming?
Carpet has a warp and weft, it is directional. Pieces cut to cover one area are cut so that the direction is all the same. All residential carpet has arrows on the back to ascertain direction. It is best practice to install carpet with the direction of weft towards the entrance, footsteps walk into or against the grain. BTW, carpet is cut with the backing up. That allows the installer to make clean straight cuts, especially if cut between or along backer thread pattern. All good installers will cut the selvage off if cutting pieces. If you're installing Berber or closed loop carpet, it has it's own idiosyncrasies regarding cutting and seaming.
Putting pieces of pad underneath the carpet instead of full will result in waves of the carpet as a final result. If you don't care about the area under the couch, don't put any pad under there.
