Carpet tiles on risers

Discussion in 'Carpet / Textile' started by Robroy, Mar 19, 2015.

  1. Robroy

    Robroy Well-Known Member

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    What adhesive you using on a stair riser to stick carpet tiles ?
     
  2. merit

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    Im using flexy fix....best thing ever. grabs straight away only need a little bit
     
  3. mjfl

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    really?
     
  4. Robroy

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    I'm gonna use that for the nosings but carpet tiles ? Not sure about that :|
     
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  5. coolevilangel

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    flexyfix is a bit ott
    As well as being £££
    I normally use 46, or any other ps lying around:rolleyes:
     
  6. Trimmer

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    Jantac tape
     
  7. merit

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    Honestly, it works really well. Doesn't cost much more than spray which tends to not always work. Only use a thin bit on the sides and it grabs straight away.
     
  8. Robroy

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    I was going to use contact spray cans , but the last lot I bought think was an Evo stick brand was sh@@
    not used it on carpet tiles before tho
    f3 to messy and contact adhesive to fiddly and smelly !
    f46 strong enough on the risers ?
     
  9. merit

    merit Well-Known Member

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    Yeah and spray is going to kill you and I find it just doesn't hold sometimes, and f60 and f3 is complete overkill. I wouldn't of thought f46 was strong enough but I've never used it. No mess using flex either.
     
  10. Rugmunching

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    Plenty of spray glue, on the riser and the back of the tile. The nosing keeps them in place.
    ...thats only when ive ran out of grabfast or some nob forgot to clean the end of my spray lance!

    or F3 in wet.
     
  11. Robroy

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    I know of company who used normal spray and they all fell off
     
  12. Robroy

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    Think my prefer method would be contact spray , anyone know if a good one ?
    i don't really want to f3 it !
     
  13. Rugmunching

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    In my experience they fall fall off with normal spray when just the riser has been sprayed but when we did it we made sure there was plenty on the riser and plenty on the tile. Waste of money in my opinion but they provided the spray and havnt had any issues 9months on. Think if I remember rightly we had 36 cans on 7 flights of 12 steps 2 1/2 tiles wide. Grabfast is a lot quicker and sticks like foooook.
     
  14. Robroy

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    That's what I'm saying read post 11
    contact spray should .....be stronger , but some of the brands are sh@@
     
  15. Rugmunching

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    Yes I know and read what you are sayng, what im saying is using normal spray does work but has to have ****e loads put on BOTH riser and carpet tile. You didnt say anything other than they used spray and they fell off. Im not to know how or what they sprayed by reading 'post 11'
     
  16. ronbaldo

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    I use a bit o spray on riser and tile and a blob of gripfill in corner of the tiles
     
  17. Robroy

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    I think fitting something like a tile you would have to spray both tiles and riser otherwise can't imagine it would stick at all
     
  18. merit

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    Who actually uses spray and doesn't spray both sides?
     
  19. Rugmunching

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    Couple of subbys Ive worked with have done it numerous times
     
  20. bossman

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    Tub of f40 high tack ,brush it on let it tack up and away you go .
     

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