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Lobster

wrote:

Is it best practice to have the gap under - or should I fit it flush
to the floor so the carpet fits up to it and not underneath it.

No, the carpet should butt up to the front of the skirting, which sits
on the floor (though if I'm fitting it a room with floorboards I allow
for a very small gap to llow enough wriggle-room to enable the boards to
be lifted later if necessary)

One other thing, it's a PVC tiled concrete floor (circa 1966) - are
the grippers glued to the floor or is the underlay glued to the floor
then the carpet glued to the underlay?

The grippers will be glued to the floor with gripfill or similar.
However, be sure to let the fitter know in advance that this is your
set-up, as the glue needs time to set before the carpet goes down.
Ideally they need doing the night before but in practice the fitter's
not likely to want to make two visits; but let him know and ask how
he'll fit the carpet. Otherwise he may panic when he sees the floor and
end up glueing down the carpet, which is a bodge as you've already
been advised.

David