Fitting Carpet Under Skirting Boards

If you re carpeting fit the skirting boards first.

Fitting carpet under skirting boards.

Fit carpet up to skirting. See the other. Cut the carpet down to size if you need to but leave at least 50mm extra around the edges. Place the gripper rods 2 3 of the carpet thickness away from the skirting boards with the pins pointing towards the 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. 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. 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. 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.

Stand in one corner with your foot underneath the carpet and move it into place with your other foot. Always use the back of the blade to push the carpet down into the gap between gripper and skirting before you cut. Unroll your carpet and lay it loosely into position on the floor. Use a hacksaw to cut the gripper to size.

Carpet gripper comes with nails or screws already in situ so hammer in the nails or screw in the screws. 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. Actually not quite true.