Carpet Fitting
Discussion
I'm currently struggling to get a carpet fitter to come and price up a 3 bed house for me so good luck with that!
Most of the big outfits such as 'Carpetright' and the like charge around £2.50psm labour to fit with a fixed amount of approx £30-40 on top for stairs due to the extra work nvolved in fitting.
Most of the big outfits such as 'Carpetright' and the like charge around £2.50psm labour to fit with a fixed amount of approx £30-40 on top for stairs due to the extra work nvolved in fitting.
What sort of room is it?
Have you considered fitting yourself?
I have fitted carpets in three rooms now and a set of stairs, was easy as pie! People can't tell that it wasn't proffesionally laid and I saved a good bit of money.
Carpet and underlay can be had cheaper online, a kneekicker costs £25 you'll be in profit on carpet one!
The important bits are getting the gripper in the right place and getting enough stretch ln the carpet.
The gripper needs to be about a carpets depth away from the wall. Lay the carpet out and walk it flat as much as possible. Cut off the excess carpet to make it easier to handle (leave about two inches at each wall, carefully though you can cut more off but not add it back!) pick your longest side you can and set the edge of the carpet dwon against the wall ensuring that the edge is fully covered. Run over the edge with a bolster and hammer wedging the excess carpet into the gap between skirting and gripper. Walk the carpet flat to the opposite wall and rest over the gripper. Now using the kneekicker stretch the carpet bit by bit and reattach to the gripper as you go. Once the carpet is tight enough in this plane you can run over the carpet with bolster and hammer and again wedge in between the gripper and skirting again.
At this point you can stretch the other direction a bit (not massively necessary) to make the carpet good and tight and start to cut. Cutting is easy as you aim for the bottom corner of the skirting with your blade, this cuts the carpet and preserves the rolled edge where the gripper is.
If the room is quite square don't shy away from it, the cuts do themselves straight (you use the skirting and gripper as cutting guides!) and as long as you aren't doing a huge room the carpet will stretch easily.
Have you considered fitting yourself?
I have fitted carpets in three rooms now and a set of stairs, was easy as pie! People can't tell that it wasn't proffesionally laid and I saved a good bit of money.
Carpet and underlay can be had cheaper online, a kneekicker costs £25 you'll be in profit on carpet one!
The important bits are getting the gripper in the right place and getting enough stretch ln the carpet.
The gripper needs to be about a carpets depth away from the wall. Lay the carpet out and walk it flat as much as possible. Cut off the excess carpet to make it easier to handle (leave about two inches at each wall, carefully though you can cut more off but not add it back!) pick your longest side you can and set the edge of the carpet dwon against the wall ensuring that the edge is fully covered. Run over the edge with a bolster and hammer wedging the excess carpet into the gap between skirting and gripper. Walk the carpet flat to the opposite wall and rest over the gripper. Now using the kneekicker stretch the carpet bit by bit and reattach to the gripper as you go. Once the carpet is tight enough in this plane you can run over the carpet with bolster and hammer and again wedge in between the gripper and skirting again.
At this point you can stretch the other direction a bit (not massively necessary) to make the carpet good and tight and start to cut. Cutting is easy as you aim for the bottom corner of the skirting with your blade, this cuts the carpet and preserves the rolled edge where the gripper is.
If the room is quite square don't shy away from it, the cuts do themselves straight (you use the skirting and gripper as cutting guides!) and as long as you aren't doing a huge room the carpet will stretch easily.
Speaking from recent experience i've had all sorts of costs for a stair carpet.
Ranging from £40 to £90.
The carpet shop charging £40 said if it was a standard room it would be free, but as it was stairs they would need to make a charge.
Then there was one charging £70 and they said it was a minimum charge.
Ranging from £40 to £90.
The carpet shop charging £40 said if it was a standard room it would be free, but as it was stairs they would need to make a charge.
Then there was one charging £70 and they said it was a minimum charge.
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