How To Install A Rug On A Wall

At the home depot the cost of carpet installation is free on purchases of 699 or more.

How to install a rug on a wall.

Tackless strips come in a variety of widths thicknesses and heights. Don t install tackless strips across thresholds or doorways. Hit the flat vertical part sticking out on the other end with your knee making sure to apply some force. Trim the rug pad with scissors or a utility knife to fit your rug size if necessary.

Put it about 3 inches 7 6 cm out from the wall. Measure and cut the carpet to the length and height of the wall plus 3 or 4 inches extra in every direction. Nail the strips 1 2 from the wall image 2. Press down the lever and lock it into place stretching the carpet and attaching it to the tackless strips.

Place the tooth edge of the knee kicker on the carpet near the wall in a corner. Make relief cuts at corners so the carpet lies flat. When you hit it it tacks the carpet on to the strip. Arrange the rug pad over the wall to wall carpet in the desired location.

6 arrange the area rug over the rug. Place the carpet facedown on top of a sheet of plywood or use a similar hard surface to. Cut from the top using a carpet knife. Tighten and secure the carpet dig the teeth of the power stretcher into the carpet about 6 from the opposite wall.

Tack the carpet into place on one wall with a knee kicker. Just be prepared to take your time and make sure you have the right tools which you can rent. The carpet padding and the labor. Unroll the carpet with the backing face down along the wall onto the padding in the room.

Installing carpet is a job you can do yourself to save money. Use the power stretcher to hook the other corner opposite of the first corner hooked following the same procedure. The cost to install carpet depends on three factors.