The Carpet Installation Process: Start to Finish

There is a science to installing carpet, and at Concord Carpet and Hardwood we have the process down. Here’s how your carpet installation appointment will go:

Step 1. Determine the Area of the Room

This step you can do at home before you pick out your new carpet style, or you can call us and we’ll come over and take the measurements for you. Start by measuring the longest walls in your room, and then multiply the length and width and divide the answer by 9. This is the number of square yards you have to cover, although you may want to add 10% to give you some extra cloth for future repairs or installation hiccups.

Step 2. Prep

Remove any furniture from the area. If you haven’t done it already, we’ll remove the carpet and pad from the area before installation. You should also remove any doors from the room, sweep the bare surface clean, and vacuum.

Step 3. Install the Tackless Strips

We’ll size and cut the correct tackless strips for your carpet and install them to hold your carpet in place.

Step 4. Install the Carpet Pad

The carpet pad goes down perpendicular to the carpet and is fixed in place. Multiple pieces are stretched together and butted, then stapled in place to provide a uniform surface. The pad is then trimmed around the tackless strips so these can reach the carpet which will go above.

Step 5. Prep the carpet

Notches are added to the carpet at the longest length of the room, plus 3”. Then a chalk line is drawn from notch to notch and the carpet is cut to size along the chalk line. This finished, the carpet is rolled out inside the room and is further cut to shape around the edges. If multiple pieces of carpet are needed, these are laid next to one another and the edges are joined with a piece of seaming tape, sealed with heat. At this stage it is important to make sure that the edges are straight, that the lines match up, and that the pile of the different carpet pieces run in the same direction.

Step 6. Attach the Carpet

We attach the first edge of the carpet to the tackless strips at one end of the room, using a knee kicker. We place the face of the knee kicker against the carpet about 3″ away from the wall, then hit the back of the kicker to stretch the carpet forward and over the strips to the edge of the wall. Any extra carpet is trimmed to leave a behind a straight cut at the edge of the wall.

Step 7. Power Stretcher

We use a power stretcher to attach to the strips on the other side of the room, then trim up as necessary. We also use stair tools and the knee kicker to handle tight corners and other features.

Step 8. Finishing

We nail a binder bar down in any area without a wall (doorways, entryways) and stretch the carpet with a knee kicker to close the bar onto the edge of the carpet. Then it’s time for stairs, vent openings, shoe moldings, and cleanup.

For carpet sales and installation, contact Concord Carpet and Hardwood of Concord, CA at 925-691- 7101.

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