It s a good idea to also use floor lining paper as this stops the underlay from sticking and protects your carpet from dirt and dust.
Fitting carpet underlay on concrete.
Lay out your carpet and measure it to make it fit your room.
Carpet underlay is neither hard or time consuming to fit.
Carpet underlay for concrete subfloor.
To prevent this chip away bumbs using a hammer and chisel.
But there are other factors to consider such as the room or area of the home that the carpet is being laid.
Here at the carpet underlay shop we stock a diverse range of high quality carpet grippers with something to suit all subfloor requirements.
For low traffic areas such as the bedroom and living room a.
Patch the concrete subfloor as required.
Use a self leveling compound to fill in any low spots.
As a lot of our customers have bought their underlay from us we have produced this free to use guide to diy carpet underlay fitting.
We have produced a guide to fitting carpet underlay and will be adding sections to the guide in due course.
All the tools can be bought from our website along with the carpet and underlay.
With carpet there is much more choice as you aren t limited so much by the thickness and a damp proof membrane isn t essential.
While carpet and underlayment will be able to hide some flaws in the concrete sagging or bumby areas may show through.