Several years ago I had carpet installed on my 5x16 layout. The carpet has seemed to bubble up in many areas. The guy who installed it is no longer in business. I plan on ripping it up and install carpet myself. How should I do it and avoid this from happening again? I was thinking about having a piece cut to size and having the edges binded and let it float.
Any recommendations would be very helpful.
Thanks,
Sunrise
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On my 5x8 layout I just have only 8 tacks around the edges keeping it from moving. The FasTrack and scenics "hold" it down. Buy carpeting off of a big roll...NOT folded or tight-rolled in a package,
I bought carpet from the roll and glued it down with carpeting glue. If you do the same, make sure you have good ventilation when applying the glue. The carpet I glued down has remained in place for years now. I hope this helps.
Several years ago I had carpet installed on my 5x16 layout. The carpet has seemed to bubble up in many areas. The guy who installed it is no longer in business. I plan on ripping it up and install carpet myself. How should I do it and avoid this from happening again? I was thinking about having a piece cut to size and having the edges binded and let it float.
Any recommendations would be very helpful.
Thanks,
Sunrise
What kind of carpet was it and how was it installed?
Carpet glue doing a section at a time. Place weight on it overnight then go to the next section. I did about 8-12 square feet at a time.
Don't know what kind of carpet it is but you can use a syringe full of glue to get whats bubbled up to lay back down again. .If you cut a very small slit with an x-acto and stick the end of the syringe in with some liquid nails and lay something heavy on it for a couple days it ought to be good as new.
That's the way a commercial carpet guy would fix it.
David
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