That old house » Home Repair tricks http://www.popssurvivalguide.com The website for every do-it-yourselfer Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:35:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 How to attach carpet tack strips to aged concrete http://www.popssurvivalguide.com/2009/10/how-to-attach-carpet-tack-strips-to-aged-concrete/ http://www.popssurvivalguide.com/2009/10/how-to-attach-carpet-tack-strips-to-aged-concrete/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:16:59 +0000 Luke http://www.popssurvivalguide.com/?p=84
Carpet tack strips are very easy to install if you are putting them on a wood floor.  Not so on old concrete! There are tack strips made for concrete, they work very nicely on concrete that has not aged for 20+ years.  Concrete is constantly curing during its lifetime, becoming harder and more brittle as [...]]]>

Carpet tack strips are very easy to install if you are putting them on a wood floor.  Not so on old concrete! There are tack strips made for concrete, they work very nicely on concrete that has not aged for 20+ years.  Concrete is constantly curing during its lifetime, becoming harder and more brittle as it ages.  If you try to nail carpet tack strips to old concrete the nails either bend or shatter the brittle concrete.  The easy fix for this is to use an epoxy resin formulated for wood and concrete.  There are several brands at your local home improvement store.  Use one of these or use a construction adhesive formulated for wood and concrete (like Liquid Nails).   Make sure to clean up all dirt and other debris in the area you are going to putting the carpet.  It is a good idea to seal the concrete if you have the time,  this will stop moisture from seeping up and causing mildew.  Also remember to put the padding down on the concrete with a light layer of carpet adhesive AFTER the concrete sealer has dried.

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Just a quick post for today, but regardless a very important thing to remember.  When you are building a shed, garage, house, or any other structure that must sit on a foundation.  Make double certain that your foundation is solid, square, and level.  If you build on a bad foundation, you are destined for a myriad of building troubles to plague your project.  Measure once measure twice then measure again when you are building a foundation.

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Do you have a piece of PVC pipe you need to cut and somehow arrived at your job with out a saw?  Find a piece of Nylon twine about 24″ long, grip it on either end with your hands, and pull it in a back and forth motion on the PVC until you think you are going to start a fire… The twine will cut through the PVC most of the way, you will have to break the last little bit (if you somehow made the mistake of trying to cut something else with your twine your results will probably not be so desirable).

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