Can I carpet straight over concrete?

[RichTeaBiscuit]

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]

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.

Lots around prices vary quite a bit.

https://www.bigdug.co.uk/mega-deals...MIlKr9kIe15QIVCsjeCh1h3AWFEAYYBCABEgKqIfD_BwE

 

[Brigade77]

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]

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]

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]

Thank you footprints, I'll do that

 

[Tigercubrider]

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

 

[dazlight]

Why don’t you want a latex screed ?

 

[RichTeaBiscuit]

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]

Go for the pvc interlocking tiles mate

 

[bobasd]

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