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.

If you re carpeting fit the skirting boards first. 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. Always use the back of the blade to push the carpet down into the gap between gripper and skirting before you cut. Carpet gripper comes with nails or screws already in situ so hammer in the nails or screw in the screws.

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. 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. See the other.

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. If you are planning to lay a new wooden or tiled floor do this before you fit the skirting boards for the neatest finish. You are now ready to fit your carpet. Stand in one corner with your foot underneath the carpet and move it into place with your other foot.

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