Fitting Carpet Under Skirting Boards

Cut the carpet down to size if you need to but leave at least 50mm extra around the edges.

Fitting carpet under skirting boards.

Always use the back of the blade to push the carpet down into the gap between gripper and skirting before you cut. 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. See the other.

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. 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. The quads go in last with wooden flooring but the skirting boards are put in with a small gap to the floor.

You are now ready to fit your carpet. If you re carpeting fit the skirting boards first. Watch our step by step video showing how to fit skirting boards with expert advice and top tips to help you complete the job with confidence. Carpet gripper comes with nails or screws already in situ so hammer in the nails or screw in the screws.

Unroll your carpet and lay it loosely into position on the floor. 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. Actually not quite true.