Tar Paper Under Carpet

Can we lay roofing paper over the plywood and under the carpet to keep water from coming through and leaking down on our car.

Tar paper under carpet.

Flooring felt or tar paper is sometimes laid under tile flat carpeting or old linoleum. Vinyl plank flooring underlayment sound proofing material under 1 00 underlayment vinyl underlayment cement foam roll foam rubber padding. It has deck boards and plywood and previously had carpet on it. Older flooring felt may contain asbestos making its removal critical.

While some felt was laid with only. The paper comes in rolls typically 3 feet wide although other sizes are available. You want it to breathe and not trap moister that may get through the slab and its tar paper vapor barrier. As the broad rule you should put the carpet pad directly onto the wood floor and the carpeting over the pad no vapor barrier needed or desired above the wood floor.

Paper 2 plastic 16 polyester 2 polyethylene 45 polyisocyanurate pir 1 polymer 1 polypropylene 19 polystyrene foam 7 polystyrene 8 recycled materials 10. Plywood is only a modestly effective sound blocker. Plywood underlayment is often used under thin flexible flooring materials like vinyl or linoleum tiles. Infused with rosin or asphalt building paper offers a measure of protection against moisture.

Red rosin paper or tar paper roofing felt which have no sound blocking advantages are sometimes laid on top of the plywood to minimize squeaks but this benefit is subject to debate in the flooring industry.