Installation Instructions

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CRI 105 - STANDARD For INSTALLATION of RESIDENTIAL CARPET Copyright © 2019 by The Carpet and Rug Institute, Inc.
Table of Contents
Sweeping Compounds ................................................................................................. 178.10
9.0 Product Acclimation ................................................................................................ 17
Broadloom Carpet 18
10.0 Carpet Seaming ....................................................................................................... 18
Trimming ..................................................................................................................... 1810.1
Sealing Edges/Seams ................................................................................................... 1810.2
Edge Sealing ............................................................................................................................ 1810.2.1
Seam Sealing (direct glue down only) ....................................................................................... 1910.2.2
Seaming Methods ....................................................................................................... 1910.3
Hot Melt Seaming .................................................................................................................... 1910.3.1
Hand Sewing ............................................................................................................................ 2010.3.2
Proper Seam Characteristics ....................................................................................... 2010.4
11.0 Stretch-in Installation .............................................................................................. 20
Tack-strip ..................................................................................................................... 2011.1
Separate Cushion Selection ......................................................................................... 2111.2
Seaming ....................................................................................................................... 2111.3
Power Stretching ......................................................................................................... 2111.4
Amount of Stretch ....................................................................................................... 2311.5
Finishing at Wall .......................................................................................................... 2411.6
Transition Molding ...................................................................................................... 2411.7
12.0 Direct Glue Down .................................................................................................... 24
Layout .......................................................................................................................... 2412.1
Floor Adhesive Application ......................................................................................... 2412.2
Trowel Selection ...................................................................................................................... 2412.2.1
Adhesive Application ............................................................................................................... 2512.2.2
Open/Tack Time ...................................................................................................................... 2512.2.3
Working Time .......................................................................................................................... 2512.2.4
Alternative Adhesive Systems ..................................................................................... 2512.3
Seam Sealing ............................................................................................................... 2612.4
Rolling .......................................................................................................................... 2612.5
Finishing at Wall Line ................................................................................................... 2612.6
Post Installation ........................................................................................................... 2612.7
Curing Adhesives ..................................................................................................................... 2612.7.1
Materials for Protection ........................................................................................................... 2712.7.2
Maintain Temperature ............................................................................................................. 2712.7.3
13.0
Double Glue Down .................................................................................................. 27
Cushion Layout ............................................................................................................ 2713.1
Carpet Layout .............................................................................................................. 2713.2
Adhesives and Trowel Notch Sizes .............................................................................. 2813.3
Cushion to Substrate Installation ................................................................................ 2813.4
Carpet to Cushion Installation ..................................................................................... 2813.5