Rugs, Carpets and Carpeting - Attached pad carpet install advice, please

We live in a "job provided" home with a damaged oak living room floor (no finish, stains, sanded previously, etc.). It's on a farm (dirt, gravel drive,etc.). We plan to install Kanga backed carpeting as an "easy" fix so that it can be replaced every 3 to 5 years (hard to keep all that dirt out -it's a farm, not the concrete suburbs).

Please advise me on installation tips. One site says use border tape, and tape "X's" on 4 foot centers throughout the floor. Stapling the carpet was another method I would like to explore.

Some specific questions:

1. Does the carpet have to be "acclimatized" to the room for a given period prior to installation?

2. Is the Kanga brand tape good quality vs. something else?

Any other advice to save me heart ache??? I'm really looking for some sound suggestions.

Thank you very much!!!

If it isn't your place, I wouldn't use tape, it'll mess up the existing floor where it's applied. Granted, it sounds as if it's already messed up, but situations change and your future departure may be less than cordial and you don't want to give an angry person telling you to leave any room to jerk your chain. I've put that stuff down with just a loose lay method and it's worked fine. The backing doesn't tend to allow it to slide around much so it's just a huge throw rug in effect. It may have a few humps or bumps here or there at first, but with time and traffic they normally lay down and behave. You have to be careful dragging heavy stuff on it because it can get waves in it, but you shouldn't drag heavy stuff over carpet any how. Once all the furniture is in place, it's pretty much where it's going to be. You can always try it this way and, if it becomes a problem, you can do something different later, but it really shouldn't be.