Cutting And Installing Carpet

Peel the carpet back slightly and trim away about 1 2 inch of carpet padding.

Cutting and installing carpet. Then drag the blade in a straight line towards you. Seal the edge of the carpet with latex seam sealer to prevent unraveling. Next place the tip of a utility knife against the carpet backing and press until it pierces the backing. Install carpet transition strips at thresholds where carpet meets another type of flooring.

Most of the rough cuts were accomplished with a carpet knife and you can see how they cut the carpet to move around corners. You may need to change the blade several times during a large carpet project. Measure the threshold and cut the carpet gripper to length with a hack saw. To cut carpet for installation start by unrolling the carpet so that the backside is facing up.

This installment of how to lay carpet is a step by step guide to laying your carpet by bunnings warehouse. Just like with the carpet pad the installers starting cutting the carpet to size by measuring and leaving a generous excess to be trimmed later. Use sharp utility knife which is key to making a clean cut. To install carpet start by nailing the tack strips to the floor using 2 nails for each strip.

Next unroll the carpet padding from one side of the room to the other and slice it off with a box cutter. Screw the carpet trim to the floor. Our homefit service will no longer be available from the 9 july 2018. Place a long straightedge down to draw a marker line on the back of the carpet where a straight cut is required and then keep the straightedge on that line as you make the cut.

Cut the track for the flooring transition trim to fit the measurements using a. Measure the length of the carpet edges. Use the knee kicker to fit the carpet over the hooks in the carpet gripper. Any existing orders will be honoured until 14 december 2018.