"Dubber" wrote in message
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Evenin chaps and ladies

I'm in the process of fixing up a room and everything is done. Except the
carpetting. I got a quote today from carpet right for carpet and fitting
etc and the guy said I can save some money putting the grippers down and
the underlay. The underlay they sell is £4.99 a SQ metre!!! and the carpet
runners are about £2/19 a sq metre so I popped into B&Q who sell packs of
carpet runners cheaper and underlay I think it was £45 for 6.1m of green
medium underlay which shall do.

I have never fitted carpet runners or underlay and wanted some advice.

The floor its going on has hardboard down. How far from the wall does the
gripper need to be pinned down ?

About 1/2" or the width of your fingers

also when you get the the corner or the
length your working on how do you set the grippers up does it just have to
butt up next to the one already laid or ... ?

Doesn't need to butt up precisly ... just next to it will be fine


Also I need to carpet the stairs, where would I mount the grippers on
stairs

You need to be a bit more careful on this one and for safety I'd leave it to
the fitters.


I'd appreciate any advice, as I'm on a tight budget to be honest and this
is my weekend to do it all ... I have just discovered which way round the
hammer goes

Thanks kindly all.