Carpet a room
Floors & tile
Carpet a room
DIY OK
Tack strip, pad, seams and stretching — the full stretch-in install.
Answers
Sheet
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answers are yours. The rest are typical defaults — check each one.
Room length
default
ft
in
Room width
default
ft
in
Subfloor
default
Plywood or OSB
Concrete
What’s there now?
default
Old carpet and pad
Bare subfloor
Carpet roll width
default
Pick for me
No seam if a width allows, least waste
12 ft
Most carpets
15 ft
Fewer seams
Pad
default
7/16″ rebond
Standard
8-lb rebond
Heavy traffic
Moisture barrier
Basements
Doorways to a hard floor
default
Each needs a transition strip.
1
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Start over
Common sizes
10×10
10×12
12×12
12×14
14×16
16×20
Carpet
19.4
sq yd
Pad
19.6
sq yd
See the Sheet