Fitting Carpet Skirting Board

This video will show you how to paint baseboards or skirting boards on carpet there is a little trick to doing it.

Fitting carpet skirting board.

Hold the carpet down with one hand and with the other use a stanley knife with a sharp blade to cut along the carpet edge. Fit skirting 1st keep gap between floor base and skirt to a minimum by doing the normal thing by that i mean the underlay stops before the gripper the gripper is 25mm away from skirt edge and so if you must have carpet under. If you are planning to lay a new wooden or tiled floor do this before you fit the skirting boards for the neatest finish. Even though it s n.

Use a tool called a carpet tucker and firmly crease the carpet against the skirting to mark a fold line. Our homefit service will no longer be available from the 9 july 2018. Carpet gripper comes with nails or screws already in situ so hammer in the nails or screw in the screws. You should start fitting your carpet along the longest wall and work back towards to door.

If you re carpeting fit the skirting boards first. Posted 9 years ago deadlydarcy member pull them back on themselves without creasing them. For wooden floors use 10mm nails or screws. Then take scraper not filling knife or any other thin but rounded object you can find and push the tape down between the skirting board and the carpet.

See the other. 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. Any existing orders will be honoured until 14 december 2018. Leave leave a big book on them for long enough.

Choose skirting paint colour to match carpet colour. Use a hacksaw to cut the gripper to size.