Wall To Wall Carpet Yourself

Stretch carpeting toward each wall.

Wall to wall carpet yourself.

If you have carpet already in place be prepared to remove it before moving on. Press down firmly with the wooden end of a hammer firmly seating the carpet into the tack strip. Cut the tackless strips to size with a strip cutter or heavy snips image 1. Don t install tackless strips across thresholds or doorways.

Go wall to wall for a newly carpeted room or create a custom rug with modern style. These products unleash your diy superpowers so you can easily transform any space. Bpf original removing wall to wall carpeting step 6 4x3 remove underlayment and staples once all of the carpet has been removed it s time to remove the padding following the same steps outlined above image 1. Trim excess carpeting along wall with double blade wall trimmer.

Installing your own wall to wall carpet may sound daunting but with the right tools and some perseverance you can certainly install carpet yourself. Nail the strips 1 2 from the wall image 2. Clean and prep the floor. Employ a power stretcher to pull carpet tight across floor.

Use knee kicker and stair chisel to force rough cut carpet edge into space between tack strip and baseboard. The tacks on the strips are sharp and could poke through the carpet and hurt your feet. When trimming carpet next to a wall tack down into the gulley space between the tack strip and the baseboard using a plastic paddle. Secure them with the pre driven nails into the subfloor keeping the strip out from the wall about 2 3 the thickness of the carpet.

Cut lengths of tackless strip to fit each wall around the perimeter of the room. Installing carpet can be hard on your knees and back and you should be prepared to take some time to get the job done. A vacuum and a carpet steam cleaner don t worry i explain why we need the heavy equipment below. This floorigami stay toned diy carpet ships straight to your door ready to install with no installation experience required.

Or you do a great job spot cleaning only to reveal how dirty the rest of the carpeting really is. Salt borax and white vinegar. Stretch the carpet with the knee kicker to link to the hooks in the binder bar then use a wooden block or scrap piece of lumber to close the binder bar onto the edge of the carpet.