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.
Carpet gripper distance from wall.
Fitting gripper rods on wood floors distance from wall.
Place the carpet grippers around the outside of the room.
How to install carpet grippers.
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.
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It is recommended to fix each piece of the gripper with at least 2 nails in order to secure its stability.
You should start fitting your carpet along the longest wall and work back towards to door.
When you reach the end of each wall cut the grippers to size using a hack saw.
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Cut the carpet down to size if you need to but leave at least 50mm extra around the edges.
5 pack sizes 40 100 250 350 500 feet.
Gripper strip is usually fixed leaving a about a 6mm gap.