I already have my carpet and padding. We purchased a whole house of like new, but used carpet at a great price for our LR and BR's and we have carpet padding. We planned to pay to have the carpet installed, but we are now completely out of money and paying someone is not an option. I know it will not be as nice or last as long, but I am wondering if we can glue the carpet down? It's just a regular mid-grade plush carpet. I am also wondering if this can be done with carpet padding or can it only be glued directly to the sub-floor? I am trying to figure out if I could staple down the carpet padding and somehow glue the carpet to the padding? Any help/suggestions on gluing down carpet with or without padding would be appreciated. Thanks!
Carpet and a separate pad cannot be glued down . This system needs the tack strip on the perimeter. Any and all carpet can be just glued direct. Not a comfortable walk on regular carpet but it can be done. Getting the stretch on this type of carpet installation is hard for a DIY er. Glue direct commercial carpet is a different story. Plus consider what you d pay for glue ( not cheap) and reconsider having it professionally installed. Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar. GL
Glue down carpet doesn't have padding underneath, so it's usually reserved for commercial spots or basements where it's not high traffic. Doing that to a regular carpet that isn't commercial grade will cause it to wear out much quicker than usual. You would also spend much more in buying all the glue to lay it properly, not to mention enough for the padding as well; rather than just buying the tack-strips and laying it that way. It's not that tough to put the tack-strips down yourself, the only tough part is kicking and stretching the carpet. You'll need to at least rent a kicking tool to get it done properly.
