Installing Wall To Wall Carpet Yourself

Installing your own wall to wall carpet may sound daunting but with the right tools and some perseverance you can certainly install carpet yourself.

Installing wall to wall carpet yourself.

Install tack strip around the entire perimeter of the room making sure to maintain a 3 8 gulley between the tack strip and the baseboard. If you have carpet already in place be prepared to remove it before moving on. After the carpet is attached along the first wall trim the excess from the edge using a wall carpet trimmer. The tacks on the strips are sharp and could poke through the carpet and hurt your feet.

Nail the strips 1 2 from the wall. Don t install tackless strips across thresholds or doorways. A good way to determine that is to place your fingers between the wall and the piece of tack strip. Cut the tackless strips to size with a strip cutter or heavy snips.

Keep the tool s shoe pressed tightly against the carpeting and keep the carpet tight against the baseboard as you guide it along the wall. 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. Clean and prep the floor.

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. Don t install tackless strips across thresholds or doorways. Cut the tackless strips to size with a strip cutter or heavy snips image 1.