Cutting Up The Carpet

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Cutting up the carpet.

Instead of raking your blade across the carpet and through the padding to make a cut just make a 4 5 inch hole and use your fingers to pull the carpet up with one hand then cut the raised carpet. Our homefit service will no longer be available from the 9 july 2018. Flip it when it comes to cutting carpet of any type flipping it over first makes the job immensely easier. Fold back about 3 ft.

Cutting carpet gives installers a comparison of two different methods to cut carpet. If you are trying to salvage the floor underneath make sure you do not cut grooves in the floor with the knife. I have shown 3 ways on how this can be achieved. Don t jam the blade into the carpet too deeply.

Outline your cuts with a marker before making them with the knife. Then press down just enough to pierce the carpet s tough backing. Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1. Point the blade downward and touch the tip to your starting point on the carpet.

Carpet is much easier to cut from the back than from the front. A few carpet cutting techniques in your arsenal of skills allows you to cut both straight edges and tricky shapes with confidence. Cutting carpet is mostly a matter of getting through the backing which is the hard flat side that lays flush against the floor. Use a utility knife or carpet knife to slice the carpet into manageable strips and roll the strips up as you go.

Whenever possible work on the back side of the carpet. Any existing orders will be honoured until 14 december 2018. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Even though it s n.