Sticking carpet tiles down?

Fredxxx wrote in news:l9mqce$7f9$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

I have had carpet tiles in a bathroom and a kitchen - if tightly fitted then they don't need tape. I had one in the kitchen that was prone to lifting with the Hoover and I used a bit of normal double sided tape to give just a bit of grip without making lifting the tile a task that would wreck the tile.

This was the sort of concern, where running a vacuum cleaner over the tiles might lift them.

Our last office had them and there really is no risk of lifting, when laid correctly they stop looking like tiles and just appear as a continuous surface. The edges of the tiles grip together (just by friction) making them quite difficult to lift out of the whole.

Tell em it will be another couple of hundred in labour to use tape and they will soon shut up :-)

If they insist then something like this will do:

If they are lifting then it is likely to be a problem with an uneven surface in which case tape wont help.

It's not difficult to lift them:-) Stab a flat screwdriver hard into a tile and see where the tile lifts. It's a bonus if your stabbing is near a corner of the tile.

Replacement of the tile is done with size 10 boots.

The surface is a porous chipboard flooring, and although the floor can be swept and hoovered I was wondering how adhesive any tape would be.

Thanks for the link, it's cheaper than I thought.

fred wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@y.z:

I wouldn't go for a strong tape - just a normal stationery type double sided Sellotape as it doesn't have to do much work. A strong tape could rip the backing off.

IME the only things that causes them to lift is dampness, uneven floor, constant wheeled traffic and dancing on them. Sometimes they go a bit funny if washed & loose their properties/stretch/shrink, check out if they are washable.. Be sure to vac up all dust before laying.

Vacuum cleaners, never a problem.

Get a few spares if it's a big area and rotate the well trafficed area with the zero traffic areas once a year

Depends very much on the tiles. Those thin ones often used in offices seem to come up at the corners after a while. Brian

Many thanks for the replies.

I have some tape from Toolstation as fred suggested, and will be using the tape around the edges and make sure the tiles are placed tightly against each other. If any become loose then tape will be applied in those trouble spots.

When contractors laid carpet tiles in the entrance areas and corridor of my church, they used a spray in (?) low tack adhesive. It is easy to lift individual tiles for cleaning or replacement but makes sure thay they do not move.

Malcolm

Tackifier

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