Then lay tack strips around the perimeter of the room and install your strips of padding.
Tack carpet pad on concrete.
Use your knife to cut the excess pad around the edge of the room.
Then you are going to need to unroll the pad and place it into the adhesive.
Our flooring specialist ron demonstrates and explains what it takes to install a carpet tack strip on a basement concrete floor.
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Shows and explains how to install tack strip on concrete along with a few helpful tips about what kind and size nails should be used and when.
In order to install the carpet in the room you are going to need to measure the cuts that you are going to need.
Take some pad glue and spread it out over the surface of the concrete.
Step 3 cut the carpet.