I tried stapling the pad down before stretching and now I'm eating the cost of a redo
Did a 12x15 in a rental over on Fourth that had old particle board underneath and thought the staples would give me a cleaner lock, but the seams popped within two weeks because the staples were grabbing the board instead of letting the pad float, so now I'm pulling it all back up on my own dime and wondering if anyone else has gotten burned trying to shortcut the pad tack.