This can cause issues with mold and mildew especially if you have carpet or.
Concrete floor under carpet.
Before you install the carpet make sure to check the concrete for any moisture issues that need to be addressed.
Then lay tack strips around the perimeter of the room and install your strips of padding.
Any carpet fiber style from plush to loop can be applied to a concrete floor.
Any kind of persistent moisture will allow mold to get a foothold and soon ruin carpet or wood flooring.
Use a self leveling compound to fill in any low spots.
After that lay your carpet starting at the center of the room and tightening the carpet with a rented knee kicker as you move toward the walls.
You then have two options depending on your circumstances.
While carpet and underlayment will be able to hide some flaws in the concrete sagging or bumby areas may show through.
The chosen fiber material type should be a synthetic form such as olefin face fiber.
02 24 tips on installing concrete floors if you have carpet.
Concrete s porous nature means that water from under your home can seep up through your concrete floor making it damp.
Is it possible to remove worn carpeting ceramic tile or sheet vinyl from an existing concrete subfloor and then stain or polish it.
Plywood carpet pad and carpet as shown.
If you can feel a soft spot in the floor under the carpet the subfloor has likely been weakened or damaged.
This isn t the same as having a floor squeak when you step on it which simply indicates that the subfloor isn t tightly fastened to the floor joist in one area.
For below grade slabs assume that the concrete floor will get damp at some point.
And both of the options use the same layers of 1 2 in.
Carpet that is attached to a concrete floor is usually held down by adhesive.
Unfortunately when you remove the carpeting to replace it the adhesive usually does not come off with the carpet in all areas.
Instead a dip in the carpet could mean that a floor joist has sustained.
Removing carpet before installing concrete floors time.
And in some cases it s even possible to go right over the existing floor covering.
To prevent this chip away bumbs using a hammer and chisel.