Tool Tighten Carpet

The most important tool to rent is a power carpet stretcher photo 8.

Tool tighten carpet.

This tool comes with extenders to allow you to adjust the stretching shaft to fit the length of the room. Tuck the edge under the woodwork with a putty knife. Set the teeth into the carpet near the wall and push down on the stretcher handle. It bites into the carpet with sharp prongs on one end and has a brace that fits against the opposite wall allowing you to stretch the carpet in the largest areas of the room.

Tap the carpet onto the tackless strip with a mallet and trim the edge with a utility knife. Tightening carpet helps improve its appearance. 9 work along one side of the center with the power. Set the head of a knee kicker 3 to 4 inches from the adjacent wall near the corner where you began tightening the carpet with the carpet stretcher.

A power stretcher provides a lot of the muscle. Fortunately correcting this problem is not too difficult with the right tools. Some of the country s finest fastening and packaging distributors have come together to form southerncarlson inc. From adjoining walls you ll also need to rent a knee kicker if a carpet cutter is available rent it too photo 10.

If you have tight areas where the power carpet stretcher won t fit spaces less than 3 ft. Most carpet installed in homes use tack strips or carpet grippers to secure the carpet to subfloors. Over time carpet can become loose or bubble up around a room. Then place your leg just above the.

Then lock the stretched carpet into place by jamming it behind the tack strip with a putty or linoleum knife. It does the lion s share of the carpet stretching. Press the teeth of this old school tool into the carpet 6 inches from the wall and adjust their lengths so that they hook through the pile and into the backing. Step 5 tuck the end of the carpet into the gap between the tack strip and the tile by using a stair tool or a putty knife.

Move down the wall in 12 inch intervals until. Operate the power stretcher with the lever and capture the excess carpet in the tack strip as you stretch.