Installation Guide

CONTENTS
Foreword ............................................................................................................. 1
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................ 2
Section Number
1. Scope ......................................................................................................... 3
2. Applicable Documents and References ...................................................... 3
3. Terminology ................................................................................................ 3
4. Tools and Materials .................................................................................... 3
5. Storage and Handling ................................................................................. 3
6. Planning ...................................................................................................... 4
7. Site Conditions – All Installations ................................................................ 6
8. Substrates .................................................................................................. 8
9. Testing Concrete Substrates ...................................................................... 8
10. Relaxing/Conditioning Carpet ..................................................................... 9
11. Ventilation ................................................................................................... 9
12. Carpet Seam Edge Preparation ................................................................. 10
13. Direct Glue-Down Installation ..................................................................... 10
14. Double Glue-Down Installation ................................................................... 13
15. Attached Cushion Installation ..................................................................... 14
16. Stretch-In Installation .................................................................................. 15
Illustration - FIGURE 2 - Stretch Diagram for Tufted Carpet ...................... 17
17. Carpet on Stairs.......................................................................................... 19
18. Modular Carpet ........................................................................................... 19
19. Patterned Carpet Installation ...................................................................... 20
20. Protecting Indoor Installations .................................................................... 21
21. Outdoor Carpet and Synthetic Turf Installation .......................................... 22
Appendices
Adhesives – Common Types (Table I) ........................................................... 25
Trowel Size – Minimum Guidelines (Table II) ................................................. 26
Guidelines for Maintaining Indoor Air Quality during Carpet Installation ......... 27
Pattern Repeat Illustration ............................................................................... 28
Pattern Bow Illustration .................................................................................... 29
Pattern Bias Illustration .................................................................................... 30
Definitions of Terms ................................
......................................................... 31