Carpet Fitting
Discussion
freecar said:
Busamav said:
Simpo Two said:
freecar said:
Insert the blade so that it runs into the gap underneath your skirting (the front of a stanley knife fits snugly against the corner) and pull it from wall to wall
That's the bit where you'll find you've just cut it short by 5mm 
Gripper nails aren't long enough to hit central heating pipes, water underfloor heating with a concrete floor you'd use glued grippers.
I found it really easy, can't lay linoleum for love nor money though!
lawrence567 said:
Having carptetted all the rooms in my OH's house for her, to a reasonable standard for a DIY 'tard.
I'm now going to tackle the stairs.
What do you do about the edges of the stairs?
I presume it has to be cut perfectly straight as you have nothing to tuck under?
depending on the thickness of the carpet put a gripper facing downwards on the riser( so the writing is upside down) about an inch up from the bottom of the step and another gripper on the stair again an inch away from the face ( for a thick carpet) lay a rectangle of underlay upto the bottom gripper that just overlaps the edge of the step and leave a gap of around 5-10 mm on each side. Cut the carpet about a cm too big in width and as you are fitting curl the edges with your fingers to give a nice neat result! I'm now going to tackle the stairs.
What do you do about the edges of the stairs?
I presume it has to be cut perfectly straight as you have nothing to tuck under?
or just pay a pro to do it, the fitting for just a straight staircase with no twisted steps, hall or landing should be around £30-40 including grippers, it baffles the mind why you would do it your self as you will probably pay about £20 just to buy the grippers, but hey-ho each to their own and all that. Peace !
I was about to do our three bedrooms myself when, because I had so much to do elsewhere I called a carpet fitter in. £60 well spent as when he got to bedroom 3, he shouted through " the carpet has been cut too short"!!!!!
The cut wasn't straight across but at a bit of a diagonal!!
Managed to stretch it to almost perfect fit which is more than I would have been able to do. And to try and get the carpet back to the shop would have been time and delay. Won't get a carpet from S*****s again
The cut wasn't straight across but at a bit of a diagonal!!
Managed to stretch it to almost perfect fit which is more than I would have been able to do. And to try and get the carpet back to the shop would have been time and delay. Won't get a carpet from S*****s again
crackthatoff said:
lawrence567 said:
Having carptetted all the rooms in my OH's house for her, to a reasonable standard for a DIY 'tard.
I'm now going to tackle the stairs.
What do you do about the edges of the stairs?
I presume it has to be cut perfectly straight as you have nothing to tuck under?
depending on the thickness of the carpet put a gripper facing downwards on the riser( so the writing is upside down) about an inch up from the bottom of the step and another gripper on the stair again an inch away from the face ( for a thick carpet) lay a rectangle of underlay upto the bottom gripper that just overlaps the edge of the step and leave a gap of around 5-10 mm on each side. Cut the carpet about a cm too big in width and as you are fitting curl the edges with your fingers to give a nice neat result! I'm now going to tackle the stairs.
What do you do about the edges of the stairs?
I presume it has to be cut perfectly straight as you have nothing to tuck under?
or just pay a pro to do it, the fitting for just a straight staircase with no twisted steps, hall or landing should be around £30-40 including grippers, it baffles the mind why you would do it your self as you will probably pay about £20 just to buy the grippers, but hey-ho each to their own and all that. Peace !
& i don't want some pro coming in & saying what a crap job the rest of it is as she thinks i'm a god send for doign it & saving her loads of cash!
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