Fitting Carpet Under Skirting Boards

Using the knee kicker with teeth set so they just bite into the carpet work along one edge of the carpet cutting into the skirting board as you go.

Fitting carpet under skirting boards.

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 like to have a clean straight edge to work to and in the future you won t have to tear the skirting boards off if you want to change the carpet. If you are planning to lay a new wooden or tiled floor do this before you fit the skirting boards for the neatest finish. The gripper is laid about 1 4 away from the skirting board and the carpet gets trapped in the space between the skirting board and the edge of the gripper.

With carpet they are more flexible in installation so the skirting boards can go in before and the carpet butted up against them with a tad of stretching. Always use the back of the blade to push the carpet down into the gap between gripper and skirting before you cut. You are now ready to fit your carpet. Carpet gripper comes with nails or screws already in situ so hammer in the nails or screw in the screws.

If you re carpeting fit the skirting boards first. Actually not quite true. Cut the carpet down to size if you need to but leave at least 50mm extra around the edges. Fit carpet up to skirting.

The beading that you have will be stopping the edge of the carpet from getting trapped because it is angled away from the carpet and the carpet has nothing to push against so the edge just. The quads go in last with wooden flooring but the skirting boards are put in with a small gap to the floor. Stand in one corner with your foot underneath the carpet and move it into place with your other foot. Use a hacksaw to cut the gripper to size.