Get a professional carpet fitter in and put your feet up and relax

Like most trades unless you really no what you are doing then get a professional in.

Having had to refit many carpets due to customers trying to fit them themselves I would strongly advise employing a professional who will use professional training and tools to install carpet correctly and.

The issues involved when fitting a carpet are making sure that the subfloor preparation is adequate, that the gripper is fitted correctly and that the underlay is fitted correctly all before the carpet even enters the room.

Once the carpet is in the room, to make sure that it is laid out in such a way that it reaches all edges and recesses. Now it needs to be loose laid and cut in with all excess carpet removed before it can then be stretched on to the gripper around the perimeter of the room or glued if appropriate and trimmed. Cutting around architraves and doorways can then be carried out.

In some circumstances large rooms may need two pieces of carpet to be joined together using heat seaming tape to create an invisible join.