How To Install A Rug On A Wall

Tack the carpet into place on one wall with a knee kicker.

How to install a rug on a wall.

Arrange the rug pad over the wall to wall carpet in the desired location. At the home depot the cost of carpet installation is free on purchases of 699 or more. When you hit it it tacks the carpet on to the strip. The carpet padding and the labor.

Place the tooth edge of the knee kicker on the carpet near the wall in a corner. Tackless strips come in a variety of widths thicknesses and heights. Just be prepared to take your time and make sure you have the right tools which you can rent. The cost to install carpet depends on three factors.

The tacks on the strips are sharp and could poke through the carpet and hurt your feet. Measure and cut the carpet to the length and height of the wall plus 3 or 4 inches extra in every direction. Make relief cuts at corners so the carpet lies flat. Nail the strips 1 2 from the wall image 2.

Unroll the carpet with the backing face down along the wall onto the padding in the room. Keep about 3 inches lapping up the wall. Tighten and secure the carpet dig the teeth of the power stretcher into the carpet about 6 from the opposite wall. Press down the lever and lock it into place stretching the carpet and attaching it to the tackless strips.

6 arrange the area rug over the rug. Put it about 3 inches 7 6 cm out from the wall. Hit the flat vertical part sticking out on the other end with your knee making sure to apply some force. Cut from the top using a carpet knife.

Cut the tackless strips to size with a strip cutter or heavy snips image 1. Installing carpet is a job you can do yourself to save money. Place the carpet facedown on top of a sheet of plywood or use a similar hard surface to.