Great video! Loved how you cut the padding between the pad and the tack strip. It automatically leaves the required gap.

Nice to see you stretch the pad prior to stapling. Makes a big difference.

breaks over now its my turn, thanks for the tip, but your prowess with the blade is unmatched, made it look easy for sure, thanks again.

Thank you soooo much for that video! I am buying a cargo trailer and putting down padding and carpet is one of the first two things I must do before I put in my twin bed.....

that pulling back and soft measuring was so simple it had gone over my head. makes so much damn sense🤣

Good video! Thanks for keeping it simple.

It is important to install carpet pad slick side up so that carpet will slide free on top without dragging the pad beneath. The bottom side of the pad is not coated and will tend to cling to whatever substrate over which it is laid. Only one row of staples is necessary to hold pad at the ends. Padding may be stretched using the shuffle method or from a kneeling position rubbing a hand firmly against the surface to pull taught then secured by stapling. When trimming pad I prefer to use a fixed blade utility knife. Utility blades are easily resharpened with only a few quick swipes on a flat stone. Carpet knives are bent which tends to cause soft padding to bunch up when pulled through. To join pad along factory edge lengths, from the kneeling position, slide pad together with your leading hand until both sides are flush and gaps closed. Place staples close to the joint and about 2" apart. along the length. As stated in the video, leave a gap between the pad and the tack strip. If during carpet stretching operations, padding should climb over the tack strip it will prevent the carpet backing from hooking onto the tack strip pins which hold it in place resulting in humps and wrinkles.

Thx bro I'm more of the scrap pick up person but I need to help laying pad along with staples

Said it like a superhero “thanks and have fun with your floors”

He cut that second cut PERFECT!!!

your wish for us to have fun with our floors is not genuine. but with that being said....good job captain!!!!!!!

So thanks for allowing us to use this informational video.

Can this be glued over old tile ? What type of adhesive would you recommend

When putting down pad I usually make the 2 pieces of pad touch both one side of the tack to the other side of the tack and cut threw the middle where the two pieces meet it’s faster and easier

Very good video!. Nice tutorial.

Great video, very informative. Thank you!

Can you use a regular staple gun or do you need that hammer staple gun you used?

Thanks for the tips!!

When stretching the pad you can also you use your feet just make sure you kind slide in it not push it to the ground

So, what size staples should be used?

Really helpful...thank you:-)

Thanks for the post.

Is that hammer looking thing a staple Gun?

Pad would be ready and carpet being layed out already by this point of the vid but we used to doing 200-300 yards by noonish then on to the next

There is more efficient way when it comes to saving material by running the 2 peace the short way.

Do you have to buy those tools or can u just use a staple gun

Thanks a lot bud.

good video, why are so many people concerned with staples. They cost what $4 for 10,000.

Maybe Dominick is laying the pad wrong. Great video. Once you lay and stretch the carpet it will be fine.

Good video!

Great trabajo senor 👍

I will have the pros like you do it for me!!!

I sure could use my room done I would have to clean out the area that needs the repair done. I sure could use the help to do since they have me as disabled people.

WHAT ABOUT ON A NICE WOOD FLOOR, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT HOLES IN IT FOR IF YOU WANT TO PULL UP THE RUGS AND HAVE WOOD?

Pice work or by the hour?

usually when we are laying our pad with wood floors we do the same as you and we tape all of our seams with masking tape and with concrete flloors we cut in the pad then run 3 to 4 lengths of masking tape down each wall half on the pad and half on the tack strip and always have the tape come all the way up to the corner of each tack strip to hold it in place and then run a long stretch of tape down the seams. Then step on the tape on the tack strip to set it in place. Just a tip for everyone

great thank you

What is the tool called that he's using.. love the video thanks for sharing

Thanks. That was just terrific. I have an ollldd house, whose floors have shifted and made small gaps between the floor and wall. If I'm only adding pad and then rugs, what do u suggest for the gaps, before i nail down the pad. I really need that staple gun for when i build my chicken coop! Thanks again! sd

I noticed some creaking from the subfloor. Will the pad and carpet eliminate the noise? Thanks!

Great video, I'm going to do my house soon, but I have a cement main floor. How do I secure the padding to the floor without staples? Thanks!

Thank you!

What size t50 staples?

What would replace the stapler for concrete floor? I've seen just masking tape up the seam but that doesn't seem anywhere near as fixed as how you laid it. Would you recommend an adhesive or double sided tape for the underlay?

Me and my dad both install carpet, We do it a different way if I'm correct. I have some tips you may want to use, are you interested?

"Hi there" is my favourite part lol

Am I suppose to put wood on top of the concrete before putting pads down?

I hate when installers use that many staples, it makes it a pain for the next guy to come in and pull that up

Those shoes are classic

Thanks mate

thanks, How much is this carpet? please

Best carpet pad install vid on youtube

Oh SNAP Santos!!

I was told by my Realtor to paint the floor with IAQ 9000 stuff, helps get rid of cat smell (just bought my place, and I'm sure they had cats before) Would you recommend? or another product? I pretty much have to do the whole house.

Ambiguous points, What is this 1/4 inch stuff ? You did not clearly communicate which side of the pad goes up. Or what you mean when you say a 1/4 inch from the tack strip, It looks like I would be cutting the pad to short ? I could guess but if I guess wrong, well, Guessing wrong is not advised because I'll ruin my padding.

I work with folks who have for 20 and 40 years padded to the strip directly with no problems and only benefit. I suggest everyone pads snug to the strip (not over of course) As for the staples I put the same amount in but I've seen much farther apart on ones I pull up. Heavier and higher quality the pad is the less staples you will need.

Do you install the tackstrip first and then lay down the pad ??

Alguien me puede decir como se llama esa alfombra para piso?

بسیار عالی... 🇮🇷

Would have been nice to see how he lays the tack strips

Well done

NICE BRA

what if I just want to replace a section of padding (roughly 3x3) under the carpet, but keep the carpet itself intact?

Very nice 👍

Thanks

He thinks you were hitting it with a hammer :)

You could've done 2 shots length towards the entryway if your room was under 12x12 and would have last waste

The only reason people call professionals to do the work in the first place is if they don't have time or they're too lazy to learn to do it themselves and save money...you'll always have work here because there is always people with more money then they know what to do with and they're either too busy or lazy to do what's needed themselves.

So im assuming that concrete floor uses glue??

Can u make that look any easier lol

Great job wished I’d known this before I watched the installer hack up my rug. I shouldn’t of paid him. Ruined a brand new build and beautiful carpet with his half axx work.

instalación para mala bro

Wow, you must make a boat load of cash to afford to use that many staples. And I'd hate to be the guy ripping that up for the next install.

hey mark ,just fkn with ya this my kids page

The camera man either gets way too excited about carpet padding or needs emergency medical attention with how heavy hes breathing

Nice...............Z

Now show us how you put it down on a concrete floor where you can not stretch it or staple it.

What if it is a concrete subfloor?

Would have Saved more time and padding rolling it out the short way of the room

U could just use tape

TO all you people out there responding to d mcbrinns comment , that was from me using my sons account , let me just tell you all relax i was only joking with the man. it just so happens i am the guy he had his first job with in the carpet buisness some 30 years ago and we were friends before that so i think that gives me the right to tease him a little, and to alll you experts if he's doing anything wrong, HE DIDNT LEARN IT FROM ME LOL!

set both long walls and cut excess along overlap in middle your boss should teach you dont relief cut pad or buy your own blades

hate to say it overkill on staples .not really the right way to install pad he just made more work then needed .knee pads you don't need for carpet with pad would be more in your way then help.

what is the diffrence between padding and underlaying

this guy is obviously high

I know he is just trying to help but pleas just contact a professional to do it for you on the side instead of contacting a company.

This guy moves about as fast as pond water! How do you financially survive?

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.WHY NOT WALK THE PAD UP TO THE WALL INSTEAD OF PULLING IT? I HAVE MY OWN BUSINESS AND I HAVE BEEN DOING FLOORS FOR 20 YEARS,AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT DONE THAT WAY..NOW THE SECTION YOU PULLED FROM WILL BUCKEL BECAUSE IT'S NOT TIGHT TO THE TACKLESS,I WALK IT UP TO THE WALL THEN STAPLE IT,SO I HAVE A GOOD TIGHT STRECH,.THEN TRIM IT..GOOD VIDEO THOUGH,,

Knee pads are needed

My works too. Used Woodprix handbooks and build it with no problems.

lol whats his problem, no offence but its not as if most people cant fit carpet, clearly they wont be able to do as good of a job as tradesman such as yourself could, or nearly as quick, just took me two hourse just to put the under lay down in my room lol i'm 18 years of age and have never done it before but it looks pretty tidy :P

Duck tape seams. No staples should be in field

"Pick up your scraps, pick up your scraps!" You left a stapler under the carpet.

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break time

Just kidding i know that the carpet is not allowed to eat cuz it make you choke.

Hey Dmcbrinn... how bout charging a lot less for installation so that us low-income folks don't have to seek how-to videos. It goes both ways you know. Thank you ShowMe :)

well after you stapled the spot about 2 feet away from the wall,you didn't even stretch it properly,so when you kick it's going to buckle up,i have my own business and i have never installed it like that,you have to walk it up to the wall then staple it down,you want the padding to be tight,just sayin..!

Don't think Dominick is laying the pad wrong,James im sayin it's a good video but not installed correctly,im aware everyone had their own method but when he was stapling it near the wall it was not stretched tight enough,and i have my own business for 20 years so don't talk like you know what your doing,.

Pad goes same way carpet is running,, and cutting it wait a carpet knife is stupid, and flopping that shit up the wall like that is stupid also, I’m laughing at this guy