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Remember, with carpet tiles they can be re-arranged if you want to try
a different installation technique or different look!
One of the goals of Focus is helping you save money by
offering do it yourself products. Our products, especially carpet tiles
are exceptional DIY products.
 You start by having a relatively clean floor free of any
obstruction that would prevent the tiles from laying flat.
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 Since we do offer releasable adhesives that you
can apply to the floor or put four spots, each the size of a .50 piece
on each corner of the back of your tile. Then wait approximately 20 min.
and the spots will remain permanently tacky and will hold your tile
on the floor without letting it slip. This adhesive still allows the tile
to be picked-up whenever you desire. If you were designing an area
rug of tiles you could use this technique on just the outside perimeter
of tiles to keep the tiles from sliding apart. The tiles inside the perimeter
tiles would be held in place without any adhesion.
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 We sell a full line of adhesives
at discounted prices. We offer releasable adhesive for carpet tile and regular adhesive for
rolls of carpet. We also offer adhesives for all you hard surface installation needs i.e..
hardwood, ceramic etc.
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 Another technique that is sometimes used is double face tape.
When using this method usually every third or fourth row of tiles are
held in place by the double face tape. This is referred to as a grid glue
technique because you are just securing a grid or a few of the tiles,
which keep the adjacent tiles, locked in place or in the grid. Double face
tape can be somewhat troublesome to eventually remove from your
sub floors as it can over time become quite aggressive on the side that is
against your floor. If you choose to use this technique you might need an
adhesive dissolving solution to remove any stubborn tape from your sub
floor. These solutions are available at your local hardware store; one
brand name is "Goo Gone".
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 When starting your installation in a vacant room the ideal
professional way to install is to make a string chalk line cross in the
center of the room. This will break the area you are carpeting into
four quadrants and you can follow the chalk line with your first row
of tiles in each quadrant. Using this technique makes it easier to line up
the seams or joints of the tile as you move outward towards any walls.
It also is the best way to install any quarter turned (parquet) carpet tiles
that purposely installed to give this popular basket weave effect.
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 If you decide to go the easy way and start on one wall moving
across the room remember no wall is perfectly straight and as you
move further across the room the tile seams/joints will not line up.
This can be all right and acceptable if the tile you have chosen is almost
seamless or monolithic in visual appearance.
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