When trimming carpet next to a wall tack down into the gulley space between the tack strip and the baseboard using a plastic paddle.
Wall to wall carpet yourself.
The tacks on the strips are sharp and could poke through the carpet and hurt your feet.
Salt borax and white vinegar.
Stretch carpeting toward each wall.
Stretch the carpet with the knee kicker to link to the hooks in the binder bar then use a wooden block or scrap piece of lumber to close the binder bar onto the edge of the carpet.
Nail a binder bar to any areas where the carpet ends without abutting a wall such as a threshold.
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Don t install tackless strips across thresholds or doorways.
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.
Clean and prep the floor.
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Force carpeting down onto tack strip with stair chisel.
Installing carpet can be hard on your knees and back and you should be prepared to take some time to get the job done.
Use knee kicker and stair chisel to force rough cut carpet edge into space between tack strip and baseboard.
Employ a power stretcher to pull carpet tight across floor.
Installing your own wall to wall carpet may sound daunting but with the right tools and some perseverance you can certainly install carpet yourself.
Nail the strips 1 2 from the wall image 2.
Or you do a great job spot cleaning only to reveal how dirty the rest of the carpeting really is.
If you have carpet already in place be prepared to remove it before moving on.
Trim excess carpeting along wall with double blade wall trimmer.
Cut the tackless strips to size with a strip cutter or heavy snips image 1.
Bpf original removing wall to wall carpeting step 6 4x3 remove underlayment and staples once all of the carpet has been removed it s time to remove the padding following the same steps outlined above image 1.