The most important tool to rent is a power carpet stretcher photo 8.
Do you have to stretch felt backed carpet.
Ok its harder than you think but here goes.
Use a few small nails to tack down the carpet in the middle.
Rough cut the carpet with about 2 to 3 extra all around.
Padding is secured to the floor in the middle of the room.
To stretch or not to stretch if you have carpet that looks more like the ocean than a flat carpet you may have a problem.
The carpet is then attached to the pins around the room.
This spray installation can make it easier for first time carpet installers.
If you have tight areas where the power carpet stretcher won t fit spaces less than 3 ft.
When cutting a felt backed carpet around a door bar you may still need to stretch the carpet with a knee kicker to ensure a clean fit.
The installer then stretches the carpet tight across the room.
Advantages of stretch in carpet installation.
Fold or roll back one side of the carpet from the edge to the middle where the nails are.
A knee kicker is a small tool that is used to refine the fit of a carpet.
As soon as it begins to loosen up and become rippled it wears faster.
A quick efficient installation method.
The bigger the ripples the faster the ripples grow.
From adjoining walls you ll also need to rent a knee kicker if a carpet cutter is available rent it too photo.
This is because carpet is designed to lay flat and not move at all.
Start with laying it out in the room.
To stretch carpet start by pulling up one side of the carpet and removing the padding and old tack strips.
Once you have the tack strips and padding in place lay the carpet back down and use a power stretcher to pull the carpet into place so it s.
These strips have hundreds of nails that are angled in towards the wall.
What is a knee kicker and how can you use one.