Cutting And Installing Carpet

Next unroll the carpet padding from one side of the room to the other and slice it off with a box cutter.

Cutting and installing carpet.

Peel the carpet back slightly and trim away about 1 2 inch of carpet padding. Next place the tip of a utility knife against the carpet backing and press until it pierces the backing. Seal the edge of the carpet with latex seam sealer to prevent unraveling. 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.

Most of the rough cuts were accomplished with a carpet knife and you can see how they cut the carpet to move around corners. To cut carpet for installation start by unrolling the carpet so that the backside is facing up. Measure the length of the carpet edges. This installment of how to lay carpet is a step by step guide to laying your carpet by bunnings warehouse.

Then drag the blade in a straight line towards you. Once the padding is in place staple it down every 2 feet and duct tape the seams together. Any existing orders will be honoured until 14 december 2018. Install carpet transition strips at thresholds where carpet meets another type of flooring.

Use the knee kicker to fit the carpet over the hooks in the carpet gripper. Cut the track for the flooring transition trim to fit the measurements using a. Our homefit service will no longer be available from the 9 july 2018. Measure the threshold and cut the carpet gripper to length with a hack saw.

Screw the carpet trim to the floor. 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. Use sharp utility knife which is key to making a clean cut. This easy to follow how to video will help you l.