Carpet Padding Glued Down

Apply glue to another section of the floor and unroll the carpet pad onto the new glue.

Carpet padding glued down.

Trying to pull it up just results in ripping off a little bit leaving some of it glued to the floor. Going to tear up the carpet pad and put in hardwood. Pulling up the carpet and scraping underneath with a paint scraper to beak the glue bond is tedious work and wetting the carpet to loosen the adhesive may cause it to break into pieces. As i shared a few weeks ago when we began pulling up the carpet in our family room we were met with a most unfortunate surprise under the carpet and carpet pad was another layer of carpet.

When one strip of carpet pad is completed move on to the next strip. Allow pad to sit 10 minutes to dry. It s the same thickness give or take but more like moderately dense foam. Carpet comes up easy.

Step 6 continue applying glue and unrolling the carpet pad until the entire pad is glued down. Press down firmly with your hands to secure. If you can t conquer all the carpet glue with elbow grease alone move on to heat which will soften the dried adhesive making it easier to scrape. The pad however has been glued down and it isn t your normal pad.

Carpet can be directly glued to the floor or carpet can be glued to a pad that is itself glued to the floor. In this type of installation the carpet is glued directly to the floor. The floor needs to be very smooth. Sharing a tutorial on the most effective way to remove glued down carpet after testing five different methods.