"Toby" wrote in message ...
N. Thornton wrote:
Carpet tape to join it, gripperrod, hammer, tough knife, tough
scissors, screwdriver.

And if you've got boards with big gaps, some kind of sheet underlay. If
you're choosing rib I doubt you'll be caring about soft squishy underlay
much - really I'd pick something else.


Carpet laying is a skill like plastering, it looks so simple that surely
there can't be much to it (oh contraire).
I would suggest going to a contract carpets place & getting the basic stuff
fitted by them. There won't be a showroom as such, but they usually have
enough of the stuff to show you. Great value.


Well, I'll offer some contrary suggestions - why not I found it was
quite doable really, as long as you pay attention to getting the
carpet flat and in the right place before jamming it behind the
gripper rod, all is well. I would leave any excess carpet all round
until the latest time possible to cut it off, because stuffing carpet
into the grippperrod can cause it to move slightly.

I think its perfectly diyable with griprod myself, as long as you pay
attention.

Best place to get the gripper is probably screwfix.


Regards, NT