Stretching should be followed up by final wall trimming tucking at the walls and reinstallation of the molding at the baseboards.
Wall to wall carpet installers.
Clean and prep the floor.
The cost to install carpet depends on three factors.
The tacks on the strips are sharp and could poke through the carpet and hurt your feet.
We offer over 250 unique weaves in thousands of colors and specialize in flat woven natural fiber and natural look carpeting in a variety of fibers colors patterns and price points.
Don t install tackless strips across thresholds or doorways.
The home depot s qualified carpet installers can perform whole house installation services or lay high quality new carpet in just a room or two.
Nearly all of our weaves are available as wall to wall carpet.
Cut the tackless strips to size with a strip cutter or heavy snips image 1.
Cut lengths of tackless strip to fit each wall around the perimeter of the room.
At the home depot the cost of carpet installation is free on purchases of 699 or more.
To finish the installation the carpet must be stretched using first a knee kicker and then a carpet spreader to attach to the tackless strips along each wall.
Nail the strips 1 2 from the wall image 2.
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.
However our installers aren t limited to just bedrooms and living rooms.
The most durable weaves for wall to wall installation are sisal sisal blend synthetic sisal wool and wool blends.