Installation
Certified Installers
Carpet installation and hardwood flooring installations are very important aspects of your flooring investment. If great carpet and flooring is not installed properly, it can diminish its performance and durability.
That’s why Loveland Flooring has the most experienced and certified installation team in the Cincinnati are. We are master carpet installers and for all types of carpeting and padding, and can employ various installation styles to best fit your room’s needs.
Our hardwood, laminate and vinyl flooring installers are the best in the business. We wouldn’t have it any other way.
Types of Carpet Installation
Stretch-In Installation:
There are situations in which the installer will wish to utilize the stretch-in method. Its selection may be for one of the following reasons:
- Provides enhanced underfoot comfort, acoustical properties (i.e., higher noise reduction coefficients and higher impact noise ratings) when installed with a separate cushion.
- Increases thermal insulation (R-value).
- Can be used over floors that are unsuitable for glue-down.
- Corrective measures, such as seam repair, may be easier to perform.
- Removal costs usually are less than the removal of an adhered installation.
Stretch-In installations should be avoided in the following case:
- On ramps and inclines.
- Where office systems furniture and demountable partitions are utilized.
- Where heavy rolling traffic is likely.
- Where there is excessive humidity.
- When carpet has a unitary backing or other backing systems designed only for glue-down installation.
Direct Glue-Down Installation:
- Suitable for rolling traffic and ramp areas.
- Seams are more durable since there is no vertical flexing.
- Minimized buckling in buildings that have HVAC systems turned off for extended periods of time.
- No re-stretch situations.
- Facilitates access to electrical and telephone lines under floor.
- Practically eliminates incidences of seam peaking.
- No restrictions to area size.
- Intricate borders and inlays are possible.
- Usually less expensive.
Double Glue-Down Installation: This method combines the stability of direct glue-down carpet with the cushioning benefits of a separate cushion, stretch-in installation, as outlined below:
- Improves carpet appearance retention, under foot comfort and overall performance.
- Simplifies carpet bordering and inlaying.
- Suitable for wheeled traffic areas.
- No restrictions on size of area.