Fitting Carpet Gripper

Pay someone 20 quid per room to fit the carpet.

Fitting carpet gripper. Lay the gripper around the room so that the name printed on it can be read this will ensure the bevelled edge will be towards the wall. How to fit carpet gripper carpet gripper comprises long thin pieces of wood with small sharp pins that hold the carpet in place. A carpet gripper also referred to as a tack strip is a long strip of wood about 1 4 inch thick and 1 inch wide that contains several sharp pins or tacks. Buy and fit the gripper yourself.

You will also see nail heads on this side. One of the long edges will be flat and the opposite edge will be angled. Make sure the exposed tacks are faceup. These tacks hold the edges of your carpet.

Obstructions can include vents radiators heaters or anything that makes it difficult to fit the carpet gripper near the wall. They have sharp angled nails in them that are designed to hold the carpet in place. Just lay the strips end to end to prepare them for the installation. There s no easy fix for this.

Relax in the knowledge that 20 quid is less than the cost of a new carpet. Carpet grippers are long pieces of plywood usually 1 5m long x 2cm wide. Gripperrods took over from the old fashioned way of fitting ring and pin. Make sure you wear gloves when you handle it as the pins are very sharp.

Push the teeth of a knee kicker into the carpet around 30cm from the wall. You should fit gripper all the way around the edge of your room except across the doorway where you ll need a threshold bar instead. Carpet gripper is made in 5ft lengths so have a quick measure around the perimeter of the room in feet deducting any doorways then divide by 5 this will give you the number of sticks of gripper you will need. Carpet grippers come in long strips.

Fitting the carpet roll out the carpet and trim any excess length or width to make it easier to handle and fit. This can be done using a hack saw and vice. Make sure you are cutting in the right place for example twist pile carpets should be cut from the back and loop pile carpets from the front.