Carpet tips on how to do landing drops

[@sharoncohen2287]

I have watched many videos came across yours the best ever thank you done my stair carpet excellent instructions

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

sharon cohen I’m very glad you have benefitted from my videos

[@sharoncohen2287]

@@TrimTuckCarpets I will send you a pic when I have finished

[@LENTODAWG702]

I was taught no move is wasted if I go get a tool I take trash with me if I take something out I bring something back in etc. Every movement is useful

[@sidknee4975]

I wasn’t taught that but learnt it pretty quick especially on commercial jobs with a tonne of stairs to run up and down. Up or down empty handed is a cardinal sin.

[@The232346]

We call it empty hands, dont go or come back with empty hands 😝

[@4G64SicKShoT]

Why did you do waterfall steps on stairs that have a nose

[@FoxUNSC]

Best fit I’ve ever seen! Even gripper on the sides. Impressive, you really know your stuff.

[@johnmcdevitt6689]

It's standard to fit it this way 🙄

[@nick12586]

@@johnmcdevitt6689 yea if you're a brit

[@johnmcdevitt6689]

So what's wrong with it then Nick?? People fot things differently, obviously you're king floor layer I see

[@stevenmaddison9852]

nick12586 im a Brit and don’t fit this way. Absolute waste of time putting the grippers on the side of the riser like that. Also the left hand side 1 looked short when finished!

[@antonytheolddog8626]

I can do this in coir or sisal. 33 years at it.. You can tell who's been on the floorskills courses that's for sure..

[@pray4paradise540]

Excellent video you deserve more subscribers

[@VeX00786]

I don't know why, this is kinda therapeutic watching you trim and tuck the carpet lol

[@willo2512]

Do you put gripper at side of treads too?

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

Robert Wilson only one winders. Not on straights. If the step is a meter wide I will but on normal straight stairs no.

[@glynnhancock9546]

Neat job. What make of knife and blades do you use? Thanks.

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

Wolf knife. And any standard blades.

[@darryl163]

I don't understand why they fold so much over the pond? And I can get a clean finish like that without the tack strip on the risers. But very nice work!

[@adamdesmier7013]

Nice video, super prep, how long did it take to full prep, those stairs and landing. As I would rather take my time then somebody rushing them.

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

Adam Desmier not long once you get the hand of it pal

[@thomascalvert855]

I’m amazed you’ve so much excess to play with usually id be luck to have 2/3 inches to trim off ,great job mind you

[@MarkMphonoman]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks. Mark 👍

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

Mark Mathosian I’m glad you enjoyed it

[@sweetvuvuzela4634]

Good job bud are some carpets much harder to install then others?

[@Deanthomson88]

How does the gripper bite the carpet without it being stretched with a kicker?

[@monkeyswift100]

Great idea! But not practical when you have 5 HSLs to do in the day.....

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

Chris H 5 hsl lol you need to ease up mate

[@IrishEyes84]

Stairs and landings in an out 90min

[@monkeyswift100]

@@IrishEyes84 Does that include measuring, planning, cutting, uplifting and disposal, prepping and fitting lol?

[@IrishEyes84]

@@monkeyswift100 yup

[@sidknee4975]

Brian Coakley show us in a video mate. I’ve seen plenty guys go fast, then they get punted because they refuse to go back and fix their defects.

[@chrismiles-witchell9374]

Nice one..........though as a fitter, i was shouting at the top of your head `Get a mallet FFS.....!!` when you hit your bolster with your hammer.........lol

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

😂😂😂 some times the laziness just dominates

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

Very good job, I just subscribed to you, I didn’t know you had a channel

[@paulbull3431]

Great job 👏

[@hardworker8030]

What make blades do you use.

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

Hard Worker I use my blades either from Roberts or stikatak...

[@scottmontgomery8740]

Good job,I think i'll give this a try,thanks

[@williamhortomaris4865]

Personally my jobs look just as good would take half the time. The preps over the top but good job overall

[@jaimemontes1429]

I think I'm going to start doing videos how to install carpet i may make more money doing that cuz all the videos i see they don't doit right so

[@iTzBluexD]

Where did you get your bolster from mate?!

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

iTz Blue xD I think you can grab one on eBay

[@petercavaciuti571]

Concise instructional video A+

[@jacobbuckley8232]

Can't believe your not using carpet blades?

[@ryanalbert6945]

Subscribing to your channel, great workmanship my friend. Personally I only waterfall steps if I absolutely have to . Call it a pet peeve, but I like your work bud Cheer's 🍻

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

Thank you 🙏

[@IrishEyes84]

Do you fit your steps like that too?

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

Brian Coakley my winders and a step that may fall in that way yes. But not my straight steps.

[@IrishEyes84]

@@TrimTuckCarpets ah I see, was curious fitting 18 years never seen the gripper taken from the noes down, you ever have the fear of that gripper been broken by the people in the house?

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

Brian Coakley not sure what you mean being broken. But generally I place a little bit behind it to keep it stable. An no never had an issue of it being broken

[@IrishEyes84]

@@TrimTuckCarpets I meant the gripper that you add from from top of noes down, its a good idea, but I couldn't trust my customers to never kick and break it, I may use this tho in the expensive jobs lol

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

Brian Coakley never had an issue of customers breaking it because I secure it with a little gripper behind it so it’s secure if you get that I mean. I mean worse case let’s say a odd customer kicks it lol it’ll still function fine and won’t cause any issues because it’ll only merely be snapped. So no worries and it’s been practiced for many many years !!

[@kw68]

Try fitting over the nose(the drop) first and stretching away

[@dackodacko123]

Change that blade man

[@khansk36]

Nice job what u charge for h.s.l just fitting

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

sadaqat khan all depends on the job.

[@mikemoore2574]

Lovely job

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

mike moore thanks

[@jimorfanelli7671]

Damn I can get a whole room done before he gets that landing done just kiddin good work my man

[@Sadikmustefa-d5k]

god work

[@LENTODAWG702]

Although it looks good its definitely not efficient at all and in this line of work efficiency is everything

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

Don victory I do understand time is money. But we definitely have to prioritise Quality over time, which I’m not saying you don’t do! But unfortunately many installers have this attitude where it’s “just get it down” and that in result is ruining the trade. Once you get the hang of this type of prep work it because easy and the speed just picks up naturally

[@benholland159]

I'm a floorlayer. I appreciate that's ur way of doing it and I mean no disrespect but I do it in half the time and the finished product looks the same and I take a lot of pride in my work.

[@LENTODAWG702]

holland exactly you can do good work and be fast like I said efficiency is key I've been doing this for almost 9 years no repairs my work is legit but I got taught to work fast maybe that just the way Mexicans or Hispanics work we work fast that's why we get shit done I learned that way

[@LENTODAWG702]

Nothinh to do with race but let's be honest we all do work differently stereotypes are true when it comes to labor jobs but there are the few who excell or dont excell whether it be black white brown or yellow we culturally just are raised differently

[@peterdrew2044]

Unfortunately most contract work is money motivated. Shops don't like to pay more than they have to. Particularly outside London😢

[@ed0985587]

What the heck....brand new carpet knife/suicide blade and it doesn't cut carpet ANYTHING like this one..

[@allanpatterson2256]

Wtf , thats a wind up

[@neftalyhernandez312]

using the kicker is not for professionals it is for primitive installers

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

Then we’re not professionals according to your view.

[@robertmilverton6147]

Bodge arse way of doing a side return

[@TrimTuckCarpets]

We love all of our fans

[@MephProduction]

ah that explains why all the paint works gets badly scratched and scrapped off. :( and then we have to have it all repainted again.

[@uselessjoe]

and no staples....

[@LENTODAWG702]

Who uses shorts to work carpet lol fuck that

[@andrewpatient6459]

I'm lost for words, smashing a £50 hooking on roberts bolster with a hammer when you should be using a straight stair bolster with the rubber malet laying on the landing!!!! and every thing else your describing is so over the top when it's not really necessary. Quick tip every job is different from the last no stairs or room is the same, so don't prep it the same as last because every carpet gives a different finish some worse some better Been fitting for 52 years and have seen most of the good and bad insulations on most flooring

[@LENTODAWG702]

Waterfall stairs are so easy to do your doing way toooo much I get them done in like 20 min

[@nick12586]

@Lee Fitchett to you do things slow. I can get the same result with no gripper at all. If I did it this slow I'd be out of business

[@nick12586]

Actually that's how I was first taught except in the states we almost always wrap the nose.. Years ago I learned how to stretch steps drum tight and last a lifetime and I know from years of experience they don't come undone if done right. To each their own I guess but if I did it the old way I would lose money and I run my own very successful business and pride myself on not having any installation related callbacks. I have to say also just because a school teaches someone one way doesn't always mean it's the best way technology is constant improving so maybe you should try something new

[@jimladbrooke3833]

Really that’s awful

[@LENTODAWG702]

That is not the correct way to do that landing either

[@justiceprevails2234]

dont hate bro it looks pukka

[@uselessjoe]

do your video....

[@timrich6755]

What makes it wrong? Also, what makes another way correct? Also, who establishes the standard?