Carpet can really change the way a room looks and feels. When we bought our house all the carpet had to be torn out and we had to lay down all new plywood for the subfloors. At the time Caity and I didn't have much money so we had to settle for the cheapest carpet we could find. A horrible shade of blue that was about 1/4 inch thick including the backing. Never again will I buy blue carpet. So recently Caitys mom had new carpet installed at her house and gave us the old carpet. Well last weekend we finally made time to install it. What a difference. The install was pretty simple and all you need is basic tools.
Tools/ materials
- Tape measure
- utility knife with carpet blades
- chalk line
- sharpy
- carpet tape
- seam tape
- Rip out the old carpet and tack strips
- Wash the floor
- Measure the room
- Cut the carpet a little big
- When the floor is clean and dry run 2 rows of carpet tape along the perimeter of the room. Leave the paper on the back of the tape until the carpet is in place.
- Lay the carpet out tight to one wall, pull the paper backing off this areas tape, and firmly press it in place.
- Keep pulling the carpet tight and trimming the extra off till you are done.
-Rob
