Check Out Some Tips for Carpet Installation

Carpet installation is something we all had done when the new house was bought. But how many of us chose to do it ourselves and how many gave in to the professional carpet installer? The number of professional carpet installation is overwhelming considering the cost but well within reasons. DIY installation is extremely difficult while it may seem that installing a huge lump of material all over the floor should be pretty easy, it is absolutely not. Most people end up with botched carpet DIY-s and then have to give away the carpet warranty since they have made huge holes or torn the pieces in half. But there is still a way for you if you don’t want to spend the money on a carpet installer. Check out our tips and tricks to find out how you can successfully tack down a carpet. 

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Some tips for carpet installation if you want to do it yourself: 

• The first tip would be to hire tools from a carpet installer. This is because contrary to your thinking carpets are notoriously difficult to pin down and you won’t be able to do it with your ordinary tools, they are not going to work and if you happen to make a dent in your carpet as a result of using the wrong tools then your warranty will be forfeited. Regular tools like a hammer, tape, tin-snips, snap-line, scissors, utility knife or a stapler will not do by themselves. Other specific tools like a power stretcher, seam iron or a knee kicker should either be rented or borrowed to complete the work. Purchasing them is not required as you will only be using them once.
• You need to borrow a carpet stretcher because without it, it’s almost impossible to lay down a carpet that is not folded, crinkled or lumped and it will further make it impossible for anyone to walk without falling over. If you do not know how to work with a carpet stretcher, hire professional help.
• You need to seam the carpet pieces to make them into one huge carpet. Your carpet will have to be seamed according to the pattern and making out the pattern from the huge pile requires talent itself. So bring a strong light source and look at the huge pile to figure out which piece goes where and keep the pieces separate just in case.

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• When you are tacking carpet strips along the walls do not shove them right against the wall. Keep a thin strip of area to make sure that the carpet is fitted snug and tight. Otherwise what will happen is your carpet will pull free of the strips unable to find a space for its thickness and be damaged.
• If you are buying carpets with patterns you should buy some extra length. This is because you need to cut away more of the material to make a bigger piece from two smaller pieces otherwise the patterns will not match. Your carpet will yield greater waste if you have a larger pattern.
• There is padding to every carpet which you need to put down to make it squishy and comfortable. This padding should never be attached to the tack strips running around the carpet. This is because later on it will form a great lump of carpet mass running around the whole room and it does not make a great sight. It can touch the strip but should never overlap it. 

Installing a new carpet enhances the beauty of a room and provides insulation, sound control and a pleasant surface to walk on.