Creahands
Poster stated ''part of floor'' which would indicate an area rug.
I don't see anywhere where an Area rug was mentioned which is a throw rug. The area is going to be carpeted period. The poster was wanting to cover part of the finisded floor to brake it up and use jute back carpet. Since there is already a finish floor there and not a plywood sub floor this seems to explains the question about padding or not since the poster mind is already stuck on that there is already a
finish floor down. If he was looking at a ply floor then the application here would be padding under the Jute back carpet that's done all the time and the question probably wouldnt' be here.
Tacking down carpet is still done today in
very small areas especially rental property's. Its basic. Tack one edge use a kicker and while kicked tack the other edge. Been installing carpet for 30 years... also install resilient flooring
To clear this all up a jute back should have foam padding under it and that is tacked down. The Jute back over that installed as "tackles" meaning not tacked all over the floor areas. Foam carpets are a sensitive to a carpet stretcher and that is why there is an adjustment on the kicker so the steel pins grab just enough to hold.
ALL carpets of normal room size should have a carpet stretcher to install. If not when it stretches out later you will get wrinkles in it and it will wear out faster. A kicker is also used in tandem with a carpet stretcher.
The biggest confusion people have and it happened here is "Tackles" means to use "Tack strips" The reason for this confusion is because the carpet in the old days was "tacked" tacked down in the whole area.
So the inventor reversed those tacks and put them in a strip. It a head wrap around thing here. Kind of the near sited far sited thing