Carpet Gripper Fitting Guide

First things first you need to work out how many carpet grippers you actually need.

Carpet gripper fitting guide.

Place the carpet grippers around the outside of the room. Leave a small gap between the wall and the carpet gripper strip that you are installing. Once it is in place cut a vertical line the excess directly above the corners and trim the overlapping triangles so you can lay the carpet flat onto the gripper. The cost of carpet from type to type can vary significantly.

Your not supposed to be ramming the carpet home merely tucking the edge of carpet over the back edge of the gripper where the pile opens up and helps trap the carpet providing uve got the gap correct. However the average price for fitting a standard quality new carpet will be between 3 and 10 per m 2. Any existing orders will be honoured until 14 december 2018. 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.

Strips are typically sold in 150cm lengths or diy 76cm lengths but they can be easily cut down to size for corners curves and obstructions. Cost of carpet fitting per m 2. This has a flat plate at one end with teeth that grip the carpet and a padded cushion at the other that the fitter pushes rather than kicks with one knee. How to install carpet grippers.

Our homefit service will no longer be available from the 9 july 2018. Imo the art carpet fitting is like learning to. Carpet is measured in square metres so it can be easier to estimate the cost of a new carpet when you know the price to fit a single m. A step by step guide to fitting carpet gripper rods do the maths.

The pins need to be pointed upwards. Fitting gripper rods on wood floors distance from wall. Cut the carpet down to size if you need to but leave at least 50mm extra around the edges. Place the gripper rods 2 3 of the carpet thickness away from the skirting boards with the pins pointing towards the skirting boards.

Carpet fitters use a stretcher or knee kicker to stretch hessian backed carpet onto the gripper. Even though it s n. As a guide the carpet should be wedged in so tight it should be difficult to pull out. Carpet grippers need to be placed around the perimeter of the wall avoiding any doorways.

Carpet gripper installation can be hazardous. Use a hacksaw to cut the gripper to size. Carpet gripper comes with nails or screws already in situ so hammer in the nails or screw in the screws. You should start fitting your carpet along the longest wall and work back towards to door.