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The three issues to consider in carpet selection are fashion, durability and price. They are three distinctly different things. Durable carpet isn’t necessarily expensive, and expensive carpet isn’t necessarily durable. Fashionable carpet is most often more expensive and less durable. The first step is to evaluate where your project fits into that triangle and what will best work with your needs.
Areas less than 25 feet on both sides can be either stretched over pad or glued directly to the under floor. Due to the comfort issues, most residential carpet is stretched over padding. Runs longer than 25 feet cannot be stretched tight enough to prevent wrinkles.
If the area absolutely must have a pad, the options are enhancer back or double stick installation. Enhancer is normally available in commercial styles only.
Double stick installations involve gluing a special padding to the floor and then gluing the carpet to the pad. The down side to this installation is cost. The padding is more expensive, and the labor runs about twice the cost of regular glue down.
Direct glue down is the most popular choice for business or office use. Commercial, tight looped Berbers and short dense cut piles will perform well when glued directly to the under floor. Without padding the cost is less, and it can be taken up and replaced easily. However, it does not have the softness under foot that padding has.
It is not necessary for you to stay on site while the work is being done. It is helpful if you can be there when the installer starts to answer any questions he may have about how you want the work done.
If the order is to be paid C.O.D., then you must be present when it is completed to pay the final invoice. If this will not be possible, please discuss the issue with the salesperson when you place your order, and we will see what arrangements can be made.
If rolling carts or wheel chairs will be used in the area, the carpet should always be glued directly to the floor. Padding will make it more difficult for wheels to move over the carpet, and the ripple effect of the wheels imbedded in the materials will cause delamination of the carpet backing. Pivoting wheels on padded carpet destroys the pad.
There are a number of variables that determine how visible seams will be. The style and color of carpet and the amount and direction of the light all play a major part. The installer will do his best to minimize the visibility by cutting the seam without losing yarn from the surface, securing the two pieces together snugly and trimming the seam.
You can go a long way toward reducing the visibility of the seams by your choice of material.
Discuss the issue with the salesperson and let them know your preferences.
It is possible for glue down carpet to be installed without electricity if there are no stairs and no upholstery work. It is also possible for a single room to be stretched in if there are no seams, stairs or upholstery. Otherwise there must be electricity available.
If power has not been connected, often a neighbor will allow plugging a drop cord into their system. That should be arranged in advance. The last option is a portable generator. If a generator is the only option, please make the salesperson aware of this at the time of purchase so that arrangements can be made and the additional costs be included in the quoted price.
We have had good success with installing carpet and flooring based on customer’s measurements. If you are confident that your measurements are correct, we will use them. If you are not, we will be happy to send someone out to measure free of charge.
It is important to understand that we can only accept responsibility if we measure. Any additional material and labor will be billed to you if the job is done using your measurements.
Carpet made today becomes very stiff at temperatures under 60°. It cannot be properly stretched unless the backing is relaxed. Ideally the temperature should be 72° or greater to get a tight stretch.
Also, glues used to put carpet down do not set right in cold temperatures. If the job is outdoors on concrete the temperature should be above 60° for three days in a row before the installation.
The only jobs for which we can accurately predict an exact time are the first jobs of the day. If you must have the installer arrive at a specific time, please request the first appointment of the day. You might have to wait a little longer to get on the schedule since those slots are usually taken first.
We give the installer a telephone number to call and notify you when he is leaving his previous job.
If you plan to move the furniture yourself:
It is best to get all of the furniture out of the area to be covered. However, we understand that sometimes this is not possible. In those situations, you can have people available to move the furniture as rooms are completed or you can do the job in sections. The sections should be scheduled so you have time to move furniture back into the newly carpeted rooms and out of the next section by the scheduled appointment.
If you will be moving the furniture, there must be a sizeable section with nothing in the area when the installer arrives so he can start to work immediately.
If you contract with us to have the furniture moved:
This service involves moving the furniture only. It is your responsibility to remove small breakables and unload shelves and cabinets. Stereo and computer equipment must be disconnected and reconnected by the customer.
If the job is a rental unit, the tenant must be prepared for the installation the same as a homeowner.
All households and businesses operate differently. We have no problem dealing with only one half of the team if that remains the situation throughout the entire process. However, what sometimes happens is one person makes the arrangements and after the installation is completed the partner raises questions about the material selection or how the job was done.
Please make your partner aware that if they intend to be involved, the time to do so is when the arrangements are first being made.
There are two sources of dampness in floors:
Signs that water is coming from the air are:
Indications that the problem is caused by seepage are:
If the problem is water coming from the air, carpet (especially over padding) will insulate the floor preventing the warm air from contacting the cold surface, and the problem will go away.
If seepage is the problem, it must be corrected before any kind of finished flooring is installed.
Most states require a license to connect gas equipment due to the severe ramifications if such equipment is hooked up incorrectly. If your job has gas appliances that must be disconnected to install the carpet, you should arrange in advance to have a qualified person disconnect and reconnect them. The carpet installer cannot perform this task.
If your icemaker has a cutoff and a standard bolt-on connection, the installer will remove and reconnect it.
Carpet can be glued to and stretched over concrete floors since the glue does not have to support the weight of the material. On vertical surfaces everything changes. Multipurpose carpet adhesive will not hold the weight of carpet on a vertical surface. Masonry (brick, concrete block) surfaces are very porous and the surface tends to dust off. When contact cement is used, often not enough of the adjoining surfaces make contact to bond correctly.
If the job is indoors the best solution for carpeting metal and masonry steps is to box them with plywood before the carpet is installed. Metal circular stairs must be wrapped top and bottom so bolting a piece of plywood to the bottom of each step will allow the steps to be wrapped and secured on the bottom.
This is not to say that carpet absolutely cannot be laid over brick or masonry steps. But, it cannot be done at anywhere close to the same cost as putting the material on wood.
If the surface is fairly smooth, carpet can be glued to these floors. Make sure the salesperson is aware of the floor type. The installer will need special high tack glue for this installation.
Stretch-in installations cannot be done over these floors without damaging the existing floor beyond future use. The floor will have to be drilled and the tack strip bolted to the floor with lead expansion anchors. Expect a higher labor bill on this type of installation.
Carpet should not be glued over parquet if there are any loose tiles. They should first be secured. If any of the parquet blocks are loose or not tightly glued to the floor, the carpet cannot be stretched. Unlike commercial tile, the tack strip only attaches to the tiles, not the under floor. Once a stretch is applied to loose flooring it will rise from the floor and it will then have to be removed or completely re-glued.
Your options would be to:
Stretch-in carpet cannot be properly installed with the shoe molding down. The mechanics of the carpet locking on the tack strip require a 90 degree tuck at the wall. The curved shape of shoe molding allows the carpet to sometimes work loose, releasing the stretch on the carpet. It should be removed.
The shoe molding should be taken up before painting and cleaning begins to allow re-finishing the baseboards down to the floor. If this is not done it will most often leave a dirty looking line around the perimeter of the room at the edge of the carpet.
For glue down carpet, shoe molding is optional. A good installer can cut the carpet accurately enough that molding is not needed.
Shoe molding is needed for sheet vinyl, tile and laminate flooring. If you are taking up molding you want to replace, remove it carefully. Old molding is dry, brittle and often breaks. Start at a break point and number the back of each piece as it is removed.
If there is carpet on the upper level, it must roll over the top step in one piece. The carpet on the stairs must be terminated under the lip of the top step or with the stair nosing. It cannot be stopped on the upper floor.
The edges against the wall of carpeted stairways can be:
Outside edges can be:
Typically the carpet is pulled over the nose of the step and dropped directly to the step below. If the tread overhangs the riser, the carpet can be form fitted to the step (called upholstering). Berber and looped carpet should not be upholstered because the tighter turn angle makes the yarn rows gap even more.
In older homes you often see pie shaped steps that are cut in triangles to turn the direction of the shaped stairs. There are usually three steps per 90 degree turn. It is possible to carpet these irregularly shaped steps.
There are extra labor charges for capping the ends, upholstering, cutting through pickets, and covering pie shaped steps.
Pet odors cannot be washed away. The odor may disappear temporarily, but on a warm humid day it will return. The solution is to paint or seal the floor.
Remove the old carpet and pad. You do not have to remove the tack strip around the edge but you should paint over it. If there are staples in the floor remove them.
Any paint or floor sealer will work. If you use a sealer, pay strict attention to the warnings on the can. Open the windows, shut the electricity off in the house, unplug the telephone and don’t light a match!
There are options for putting the carpet on the floor without damaging the existing floor. If the under floor is wood, the carpet can be stapled with thin wire staples that make holes so small they are difficult to see after the staple is removed. If the under floor is tile, the carpet can be attached with double sided tape. We call that kind of installation a custom cut.
This is not the same as regular carpet installation and as such is not subject to the same workmanship guarantees. The carpet will wrinkle and have to be straightened out from time to time. Custom cuts are not guaranteed against wrinkles nor against it coming up.
If there is paint, wax or any other surface covering the under floor, the carpet or tile is being attached to it, not the under floor. If the substance is not solidly attached, your floor will not be either.
Any such surface should be stripped or removed in order that the glue can properly attach.
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