A lot of time when you pull the carpet up most of it comes with it. Carpet glues should release and you only need to scrap up the glue residue. If it doesn't then you will need to scrap it all up. There are machines you can rent to do this. They will cost around $80 for 4 hours. Otherwise invest in a good floor scraper for about $30. If you plan to paint or glue anything to the floor in the future, don't use adhesive removers. The concrete is porous and the remover will not just wash away.
buy a carpet knife, cut the carpet into sections, roll up and remove. if it is glued down you should rent an electric floor scraper from a home improvement center. costs about 50.00 to rent for a day and is well worth it.
No. Carpet that is to be glued down must have a clean, smooth and sound surface prior to installation. It is necessary to remove the existing carpet before installing the new. Scrape away any old adhesives best as possible, vacuum, use a premimum adhesive or contact adhesive, and press the new carpet into the adhesive to get a good transfer.
The Carpet Certificate is glued to the underside at one corner of the carpet.
You don't put padding directly on a concrete floor. You have to frame out the floor, lay plywood sheets over the frame, probably want a vapor barrier as well. Then you can lay any pad and carpet you want. There are certain types of carpet that come with an attached foam padding that are designed to lay over concrete. If you think you want to just glue carpet directly to the concrete floor, check the mfg. warranty first. Most mfgs. will not honor their warranty unless they specifically state that it can be glued to concrete.
Carpet is not supposed to be glued to the pad, and I really can't imagine what advantage that would give you.
Gluing splices is the common way to lay pad for carpet.
None. PVC is not made to be glued to concrete.
The engineered flooring can be either floated above or glued to the concrete.
The carpet is made of material that spreads the shock across the surface area of a greater distance than concrete. Concrete is more dense than carpet making it susceptible.
Cuz carpet is warm!
Can carpet be glued down?Almost all carpets can be glued down; however it is more common in commercial installations & with commercial tight, dense products. Gluing or Direct Glue Down, eliminates the need to stretch & the inevitable problems over time that come from the damage that traffic & rolling carts do to the carpet backing.Most carpet will have one of three backing, Action Bac brand synthetic which looks like Jute, or Unitary which is just the tufted carpet with a latex coating or a foam backing of some kind, may be latex or urethane, or Vinyl. The Action Bac can be glued or stretched all the others will need to be Glued.When a carpet is glued down the dimensional stability of the rigid sub floor is gained but being attached/ glued to it. Concrete doesn't ripple, wrinkle or need to be rest retched!When carpet is installed over cushion, it is depending on the elastic nature of the backing to stay stretched & over time that elastic nature gives out & can cause delaminating of the backing as well as wrinkles and terminal damage has happened at that point.When carpet is glued down, the main thing that is given up is the softness, comfort, noise reduction or insulation value of the cushion, but the expense is also avoided.Some testing has shown that carpet over cushion retains its appearance, but no one adds in the wrinkles & delaminating or open seams & trip hazard that carpet over cushion has.Almost every airport, hospital, school or hotel corridor you walk on is Direct glue down, or a glue down with a tight dense thin cushion.The Rev sez Hope this helps"No one cares how much you know, till they know how much you care." Pastor Jim.
You can either remove your carpet and add a new one, or wash the carpet