How To Fit Sisal and Seagrass Flooring
August 21st, 2009 | 
Author: HOW TO FIT SEAGRASS AND SISAL FLOORING
To lay seagrass or sisal flooring the installation technique is the same for both. The seagrass or sisal flooring comes with a rubber backing which should be glued down all over using a suitable adhesive. We reccommend using F3 Flooring adhesive.
Sisal and seagrass carpets can be laid staight to the sub-floor or laid on top of a suitable carpet underlay. If laying staight onto the sub-floor please ensure floor is even and smooth, if not please use plyboard for timber sub-floors or latex screed per 3mm if sub-floor is concrete.
When laying on top of carpet underlay please do not use a rubber underlay as the gaps in rubber underlay is not suitable, instead use a solid all over underlay such as duralay or durafit system 10 underlay or cloud nine/pu foam underlays. The carpet underlay must be either stapled at 9 inch centres for timber subfloors or glued all over using a tackifier adhesive such as spray adhesive.
Lay out the sisal or seagrass until all creases are out and carpet is staight with outside wall or your own preference. Leave seagrass/sisal in room for 48 hours before fitting, if laying stairs or un-able to leave laid out for 48 hours then please leave un-packaged rolled loose somewhere in your home for flooring to aclimatise. Once aclimatised you can roll back half the carpet and start to glue in one half of the room using a suitable notched trowel. Once half the room is glued in leave for 10-15 mins before rolling back the carpet, this ensures glue has cured enough to be sticky and tacky.
Then when half the room is rolled back please stretch the carpet using a knee-knicker. Go around and Stretch the whole perimeter for half the room you have just glued. Now repeat this procedure for the other half of the area. Once area is completely glued in and rolled back and stretched, then use a heavy carpet roller to roll the lumps out and ensure proper adhesion. If you have not got a carpet roller then use your hands to push and smooth the flooring to ensure correct adhesion to underlay or sub-floor.
To cut sisal and seagrass use a sharp stanley knife and be prepared to change blade often. Cut 2mm over net to allow for tucking carpet down the gulley of the smooth edge gripper-rods. If laying straight to the floor then a net cut is needed.
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