Outdoor Carpet

Installing Outdoor Carpet

outdoor carpet

Nowadays, there is a wide selection of colours and textures, from plush to primary. Also, you can even choose different grades of carpet. So, all that is left to learn is how to install your outdoor carpet.

Tools Needed In Outdoor Carpet:

  • Adhesive Spreader
  • Scissors
  • Straight Edge
  • Tape Measure
  • Utility Knife – guarantee the blade is sharp
  • 50 lb Carpet Roller – optional but well worth the rental fee due to the excellent tight seal it provides

Materials Needed For Outdoor Carpet:

  • Adhesive
  • Adhesive solvent (mild)
  • Double-faced carpet tape
  • Seam Adhesive
  • Solvent To Make Sure The Surface is Clean

A Few Things You Should Know:

  • Adhesives are flammable, so never use them around open flames, cigarettes, pilot lights, or other fire sources.
  • If you purchase an outdoor carpet that will be vulnerable to dampness or severe wetness, be sure the rug has an all-weather marine backing resistant to moisture.
  • Outdoor carpet comes in either 6-foot or 12-foot widths.
  • Install sundecks or areas with a great deal of sun. It would be best to use a quality outdoor carpet adhesive to prevent rot or mildew.

Directions For Outdoor Carpet Installation:

1. Ready your surface

Ensure you have adequately prepared your surface using a solvent to remove all dirt and grime. Allow it to dry out completely before installing the carpet. The most effective conditions for installing your outdoor carpet are a 10% to 65% humidity range and temperatures between 55 F and 95 F.

2. Unroll Your outdoor Carpet

Could you unroll the carpet in the area where you are going to install it? Then, sit for an hour or so to allow for expansion.

3. Tape The Room

Put your double-sided tape around the room’s outer edge on the subfloor. Indeed, be confident there is a maximum 2-foot spacing between every strip of tape. Leave the protective paper on the top so they won’t lose adhesion.

4. Centre It

First, centre the carpet within the room. Next, position it so the edges can easily curl against the wall. Then allow at least 3″ on every side. Yet, you can trim excess away afterwards.

5. Cut A Ways

Even so, trim around protrusion and outside corner edges, making a vertical slice down the carpet. Please remember that correctly cutting a corner makes installing your carpet more accessible.

6. Inside Corners

It would be best to do a V cut where it overlaps to suit your outdoor carpet on the inside corners. Then, move slowly and cautiously to cut only a little when making these cuts.

7. Seams

After, if your room has to be seamed, please ensure the pile runs in the same direction so that the seam is the least noticeable. And you need to overlap from 2 to 3 inches.

Thus, to create a double-cut seam, take your straight edge and utility knife and cut through both layers using the tools together.

8. Wall To Center Outdoor Carpet

Indeed, you could begin against the wall and then fold the carpet back halfway but keep the half still down.

9. Use adhesive

So, if you do a permanent installation, you will use your glue (please ensure the room is well-ventilated). Therefore, could you obtain a notched spreader, apply adhesive, and then apply it to the subfloor, following the adhesive directions?

10. Unroll Your Outdoor Carpet

At this time, slowly roll the outdoor carpet you rolled back back into place. After that, smooth out any bumps while still ensuring it is lining up correctly.

11. Repeat

Could you repeat the whole process above for the other side of the room this time?

12. Carpet Roller

Instead, could you take your carpet roller (if you rented one) and run it across the entire carpet to get the adhesive to adhere all over it correctly?

13. Trim

Now, it is time to use the sharp utility knife and trim away the excess on the edges around the outside of the room. Besides, the time has come to clip any threads you see and not start to unravel.

14. Clean Up

Actually, please clean away any excess adhesive with a mild solvent. Please take a look at the directions provided by the carpet manufacturer.

15. Connecting The Dots

Instantly connect the rooms. Lastly, if you lay an outdoor carpet in more than one room, use metal binder strips to cover the joint.

Above all, Steam n Dry Auckland is a qualified professional specialising in carpet cleaning and follows the Carpet Cleaning Association Standards. Therefore, contact us today!

 

Updated  Last: February/28/2024 By Graeme Stephens.