Can I carpet straight over concrete?

RichTeaBiscuit · 24 Oct 2019

Hello,

I am planning to make a home gym in my garage. The floor is concrete, not smooth (picture attached). I was wondering if I can just stick carpet tiles over the top or maybe a carpet underlay, then carpet tiles on top.

Hoping to avoid screed/latex.

Cheers

footprints · 24 Oct 2019

All depends on whether the floor has a DPM (damp proof membrane) without it the carpet will rot.
The floor looks too rough for any covering without a smoother screed.
Look at interlocking garage tiles they might be a solution.

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Brigade77 · 24 Oct 2019

RichTeaBiscuit said:
Hello,

I am planning to make a home gym in my garage. The floor is concrete, not smooth (picture attached). I was wondering if I can just stick carpet tiles over the top or maybe a carpet underlay, then carpet tiles on top.

Hoping to avoid screed/latex.

Cheers

To create a workshop/utility room we laid a full polythene sheet for a DPM, then laid the cheapest laminate flooring on top of its suitable underlay. The original concrete has DPM but no insulation, the room is unheated & does suffer a little condensation but over the past 8+yrs the laminate has only sufferred minor damp penetration to the joins.

RichTeaBiscuit · 24 Oct 2019

Thanks for the responses! Much appreciated. I wanted to avoid using interlocking floor tiles as from the pictures I've seen, they seem to pick up dirt in the joins. Wanted to get something that could be vacuumed/mopped easily and not look too utility.

On a side note, I have some Indian sandstone slabs left over from the patio, could I lay them on the floor (literally lay, not fixing them down) to keep things like the mower on?

I probably have a dpm, it's an attached garage and the house is just over a year old.

footprints · 24 Oct 2019

As a very rough guide you could try laying a sheet of plastic down and weight the edges to keep it in place to see if any moisture builds up on the underside.

RichTeaBiscuit · 24 Oct 2019

Thank you footprints, I'll do that

Tigercubrider · 24 Oct 2019

A home gym probably needs a floor with a bit of give in it?

dazlight · 24 Oct 2019

Why don’t you want a latex screed ?

RichTeaBiscuit · 30 Oct 2019

dazlight said:
Why don’t you want a latex screed ?

I have a few things in the garage which will require dismantling to get them out, it will be a real pain so hoping to avoid it, would be easier to do one side/move the things/do the other side.

dazlight · 30 Oct 2019

Go for the pvc interlocking tiles mate

bobasd · 30 Oct 2019

if the concrete surface is reasonably smooth then just lay whatever you chose on the bare concrete.

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