Roll the carpet back up.
Double glue down carpet.
Dramatically reduces carpet wear and extends appearance retention.
This form of carpet installation requires gluing down the pad to the subfloor and the carpet to the pad.
The process involves adhering the cushion to the floor followed by adhering the carpet to the installed cushion.
The exception is that a pad is first glued to the floor and then glue the carpet to the pad.
Double glue down carpet installation often called double stick installation.
Double stick is where a high density cushion designed for double stick is adhered to the substrate with either a pressure sensitive adhesive or a multi purpose adhesive depending on the manufacturer s recommendations.
When padding is not desirable the carpet ends up directly on top of the concrete.
Eliminates re stretch problems reduces seam peaking.
Doubleset carpet cushion is designed for areas with heavy foot traffic.
This is similar to direct glue down installation except that we first glue a pad to the floor and then glue the carpet to the pad.
Double glue down is generally called double stick installation.
The double glue installation method is a standard approach to cushioned carpet in the commercial setting.
Suitable for wheeled traffic areas.
In both steps only adhesives identified by the adhesive manufacturer as appropriate for double glue installations are used.
Installing carpet directly over concrete can be a do it yourself project if using the glue down method.
Improves carpet appearance retention underfoot comfort and overall performance.
The pad for this type of installation can not be any carpet pad but a densified pad made specifically for this type of installation.
Helps reduce body stress and fatigue.
Apply double stick adhesive to the padding with a 1 8 inch by.
Simplifies carpet bordering and inlaying.
This method combines the stability of direct glue down carpet with the cushioning benefits of a separate cushion stretch in installation as outlined below.
The carpet pad should be a densified pad which is made specifically for double glue down carpet installation.
1 unroll carpet and rough cut i.
It is similar to direct glue down installation with one exception.