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Posted by on June 19, 2007, 2:21 pm
On Jun 19, 2:19 pm, beerguzzle...@yahoo.com wrote:
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> > > beerguzzle...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > > I want to install a very thin berber carpet on a radiant heat floor
> > > > with a thin pad. I know already about the insulating issues with
> > > > carpet and am not concerned with that part.
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> > > > My tubing runs very close to the walls and I don't want the carpet
> > > > installers to nail down the tack strips. I have read that some
> > > > basement floor carpet installers will sometimes glue the tack strips
> > > > to the concrete, can the same be done for tack strips on my plywood
> > > > subfloor?
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> > > Yes, it can be done. It will cost more to do that.
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> > > If you have plywood as a subfloor, you probably don't need to
> > > glue it. The nails in the tack strips will not go through the
> > > plywood.
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> > It's also unlikely that the radiant tubing runs so close to the
> > walls. Normally it's held back a few inches and the tack strip is an
> > inch and a half from the wall.
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> Well, mine does run 1.5 inches from the wall. Subfloor is also 1/2"
> plywood on the radiant panels...which are also plywood.
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> I'm thinking of gluing the tackstrips myself and using liquid nails?
> think that will hold it?
I'm also guessing that the tack strip should be about 1 inch from the
wall??? sound right?
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