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Jim Redelfs Jim Redelfs is offline
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Default Installing Carpet on a Concrete Slab
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I am having carpet installed on the concrete floor of a garage
conversion. I don't think moisture is a problem but the concrete
floor is always colder than the rest of the house. Should I have the
installer put down a vapor barrier before the pad and carpet are
installed? Is it is better to have it installed on a 75 degree day or
a 45 degree day? I will have both in the coming week. He is also
gong to try and nail the tack strips down but may have to glue them
down if nailing is unsuccessful. Are there any long term problems/
failures with gluing down the tack strips? I've heard from other
people that it would void the warranty on the carpet if the the tack
strips are glued down.

I just had my basement carpeting professionally replaced by a reputable
installer.

Most of the old tack strip, nailed down, was reused. That which needed
to be replaced was GLUED. Given the coldness of the concrete, we had to
wait almost a week while the PL-400 set. I suspect a week wasn't enough
because I heard a hammer drill being used. I believe more
labor-intensive fasteners were used in some places.

The installer explained that he doesn't nail anymore because the process
causes too many pieces of tack strip to split (cheap).

There was no mention of liability or warranty impact. Good luck.
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JR
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