How To Install A Rug On A Wall

Cut the tackless strips to size with a strip cutter or heavy snips image 1.

How to install a rug on a wall.

Hit the flat vertical part sticking out on the other end with your knee making sure to apply some force. Make relief cuts at corners so the carpet lies flat. The tacks on the strips are sharp and could poke through the carpet and hurt your feet. When you hit it it tacks the carpet on to the strip.

Place the tooth edge of the knee kicker on the carpet near the wall in a corner. Press down the lever and lock it into place stretching the carpet and attaching it to the tackless strips. Put it about 3 inches 7 6 cm out from the wall. Use the power stretcher to hook the other corner opposite of the first corner hooked following the same procedure.

Nail the strips 1 2 from the wall image 2. Just be prepared to take your time and make sure you have the right tools which you can rent. Cut from the top using a carpet knife. Trim the rug pad with scissors or a utility knife to fit your rug size if necessary.

Tack the carpet into place on one wall with a knee kicker. Measure and cut the carpet to the length and height of the wall plus 3 or 4 inches extra in every direction. Arrange the rug pad over the wall to wall carpet in the desired location. Tighten and secure the carpet dig the teeth of the power stretcher into the carpet about 6 from the opposite wall.

The carpet padding and the labor. Keep about 3 inches lapping up the wall. Don t install tackless strips across thresholds or doorways. 6 arrange the area rug over the rug.

Installing carpet is a job you can do yourself to save money. Tackless strips come in a variety of widths thicknesses and heights. At the home depot the cost of carpet installation is free on purchases of 699 or more.