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.

Cut the tackless strips to size with a strip cutter or heavy snips image 1. Nail the strips 1 2 from the wall. Installing carpet can be hard on your knees and back and you should be prepared to take some time to get the job done. If you have carpet already in place be prepared to remove it before moving on.

The tacks on the strips are sharp and could poke through the carpet and hurt your feet. Cut the tackless strips to size with a strip cutter or heavy snips. Don t install tackless strips across thresholds or doorways. Cut lengths of tackless strip to fit each wall around the perimeter of the room.

After the carpet is attached along the first wall trim the excess from the edge using a wall carpet trimmer. Nail the strips 1 2 from the wall image 2. The tacks on the strips are sharp and could poke through the carpet and hurt your feet. 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. A good way to determine that is to place your fingers between the wall and the piece of tack strip. Clean and prep the floor.