Diy Carpet Fitting Guide

We ve put together a handy how to guide on installing your carpet tiles quickly and easily for a quality flooring solution that lasts.

Diy carpet fitting guide.

Push the teeth of a knee kicker into the carpet around 30cm from the wall. Carpet fitting tools you will need. Cut the carpet down to size if you need to but leave at least 50mm extra around the edges. Don t install tackless strips across thresholds or doorways.

Stand in one corner with your foot underneath the carpet and move it into place with your other foot. Fitting a carpet using a carpet knee kicker duration. Cut the tackless strips to size with a strip cutter or heavy snips image 1. Make sure you are cutting in the right place for example twist pile carpets should be cut from the back and loop pile carpets from the front.

Measure the threshold and cut the carpet gripper to length with a hack saw. Any existing orders will be honoured until 14 december 2018. If you are looking for more fun d i y. Our homefit service will no longer be available from the 9 july 2018.

Seal the edge of the carpet with latex seam sealer to prevent unraveling. Install carpet transition strips at thresholds where carpet meets another type of flooring. Whether you are interested in flooring painting and decorating or plastering we have a comprehensive guide to help you to get started. Unroll your carpet and lay it loosely into position on the floor.

You should hire or buy a carpet knee kicker or carpet stretcher from a tool hire shop. Screw the carpet trim to the floor. No expensive installation tools no daylight robbery fitting fees there are just a few simple steps standing between you and your brand spanking new floor. Nail the strips 1 2 from the wall image 2.

However we know that diy ers the world over will want to have a go so we have listed the basic points to remember and hopefully help you. Projects to master at home we have a lot of options for you. Use the knee kicker to fit the carpet over the hooks in the carpet. Roll out the carpet and trim any excess length or width to make it easier to handle and fit.

How to lay carpet underlay gripper rods complete installation guide complete step by step guide. You are now ready to fit your carpet. We hope that you learnt a lot from our guide to carpet fitting and installation.