Place the carpet grippers around the outside of the room.
Carpet gripper distance from wall.
Fitted carpet is cut to the skirting board and after stretching with the knee kicker thing the cut edge is pushed down into the gap with a bolster like tool to give a clean finish edge.
You should start fitting your carpet along the longest wall and work back towards to door.
Cut the carpet down to size if you need to but leave at least 50mm extra around the edges.
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You should place the gripper rods approximately 10mm away from the skirting boards with the pins pointing towards the skirting boards.
When installing the carpet gripper around corners obstructions curves doorways etc you need to maintain the distance between the carpet and the wall evenly.
Gripper strip is usually fixed leaving a about a 6mm gap.
It is recommended to fix each piece of the gripper with at least 2 nails in order to secure its stability.
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.
How to install carpet grippers.
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