I recently move house and to save costs decided to `carpet fit` 2 of the
bedrooms myself.
Quite pleased with the finished job on the first one but have to say thank
goodness I got it done in one day.
My knee wouldnt have taken 2 days of knee kicking, how do people who do this
for a living keep going, or is there some super duper tools that do the knee
kicking for you? Even with the knee kicker padded I just know I am going to
suffer for a day or two. Dont need to do the 2nd one for a few weeks, thank
goodness.

On Oct 11, 10:15*pm, "SS" wrote:
I recently move house and to save costs decided to `carpet fit` 2 of the
bedrooms myself.
Quite pleased with the finished job on the first one but have to say thank
goodness I got it done in one day.
My knee wouldnt have taken 2 days of knee kicking, how do people who do this
for a living keep going, or is there some super duper tools that do the knee
kicking for you? Even with the knee kicker padded I just know I am going to
suffer for a day or two. Dont need to do the 2nd one for a few weeks, thank
goodness.

IMLE kicking usually isnt needed.


NT

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:15:28 +0100, SS wrote:

Even with the knee kicker padded I just know I am going to suffer for a
day or two.

Whacking it too hard. B-) I've not done much carpet fitting(*) but
I think there is confusion over the words used. Fitters and How To...
sites use the word "stretch" which implies you physically make the
carpet bigger by some measureable amount. I think the word "tension"
would better, you just pull the carpet flat onto the grippers rather
than actually try and make it bigger first.

(*) The bit I have trouble with is the trimming, getting the cut in
just the right place so there is just the right amount of carpet to
tuck into the gap between gripper and skirting.

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Cheers
Dave.

In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice wrote:
(*) The bit I have trouble with is the trimming, getting the cut in
just the right place so there is just the right amount of carpet to
tuck into the gap between gripper and skirting.

Me too. Yet watching a skilled fitter makes it look all so easy.

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*If you don't like the news, go out and make some.

Dave Plowman London SW
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice wrote:
(*) The bit I have trouble with is the trimming, getting the cut in
just the right place so there is just the right amount of carpet to
tuck into the gap between gripper and skirting.

Me too. Yet watching a skilled fitter makes it look all so easy.

Sometimes this apparent ease disguises the fact that they are
using the skirting board as a cutting block, leaving a neat line
cut through the (often fresh) paint, about 6 mm from the bottom.

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

On 12/10/2011 09:50, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In whill.co.uk,
Dave wrote:
(*) The bit I have trouble with is the trimming, getting the cut in
just the right place so there is just the right amount of carpet to
tuck into the gap between gripper and skirting.

Me too. Yet watching a skilled fitter makes it look all so easy.


Which is why I prefer to watch them do it. Also, they're not that
expensive compared top other trades.

In article ,
stuart noble wrote:
Me too. Yet watching a skilled fitter makes it look all so easy.


Which is why I prefer to watch them do it. Also, they're not that
expensive compared top other trades.

Depends. Their cost is often concealed in a fitting charge which includes
underlay etc. Often of a poor quality. It isn't so cheap if you try and
get one to do things labour only, I've found.

FWIW, I tend to go for good quality carpets. I'm not the sort who wants to
change things every couple of years just to be in fashion, or whatever.
And have found cheap underlay disintegrates long before the carpet is worn
out.

--
*Time is the best teacher; unfortunately it kills all its students.

Dave Plowman London SW
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On 12/10/2011 09:36, Dave Liquorice wrote:


(*) The bit I have trouble with is the trimming, getting the cut in
just the right place so there is just the right amount of carpet to
tuck into the gap between gripper and skirting.

You have to trim it in situ. You start with it a couple of inches
oversize. Use the kicker to stretch it gently onto the spikes, and use a
blunt bolster chisel to push it into the gap - with the surplus standing
up against the skirting board. Then you cut along the fold with a sharp
Stanley knife, and finally use the kicker again to stretch it fully onto
the spikes.
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Cheers,
Roger
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On Oct 11, 10:15*pm, "SS" wrote:

My knee wouldnt have taken 2 days of knee kicking, how do people who do this
for a living keep going?

They don't:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...0161-0035..pdf

Even with the knee kicker padded I just know I am going to
suffer for a day or two.