How To Install Carpet | Easy Step By Step Beginners Guide

[@GaryInHell]

When my man gave 3 different ways to hit a nail in a small space like that I knew I was on the right channel. I’m 7 mins in so far and exactly what I’m looking for.

[@homeimprovements]

😊👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@daveparkes8539]

​@@homeimprovementsI've installed for 40 yrs. Lots of incorrect work here. # 1 problem is they are not using a power stretcher. Even with a knee kicker, they are still doing a poor job. I have been doing restretch work for a few years now. I love folling these kinda guys. If you've been properly trained, you would never hire these guys.

[@MyaaaaaLoVerock]

​@@daveparkes8539you missed the point of the video I guess. They are showing this for a beginner level, someone like me, who never had to put a carpet or knew what basic tools are needed. It is not meant to be a "professional" work but a tutorial for people who never done it.

[@69lepew]

Fitted my first carpet last weekend, I wouldn't have even looked at trying myself until I saw this! Fantastic work guys, keep it up!

[@homeimprovements]

Great to hear! Thank you for your comment 👍🏻

[@mine7632]

@@homeimprovements WOW well over a YEAR later and still replying to comments! THATS dedication!

[@scotttaylor-u5e]

I've watched quite a few clips on fitting carpet and this is absolutely the best by a country mile. Nothing has been taken for granted, everything has been explained. Showing how to fold the carpet is amazing. I had no idea how to get a 4m roll of carpet up a 130yo cottage narrow staircase. Thank you so much. I now feel much more confident in taking on the task in hand. Your both legends! 😃

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks so much, glad you found it helpful 😊

[@deconsructall6994]

I fit my first carpet today, with a near perfect finish. Best tutorial online! 👍😃

[@homeimprovements]

Awesome! Thank you 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@YehoodToob]

I have no desire to fit my own carpet, but I'm here to support you. Keep up the good work and the positive energy.

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks for the support 🔥🔥🔥

[@ZR117]

@@homeimprovements I'm going to have to do a camper so thanks for the idea I usely do games and stuff but in order for that that has to be done but thanks 👍

[@Ravstaff85]

​@@homeimprovements 3qqq 😊

[@cragzuk]

Brilliant guide. Always struggled with the cutting of carpet but this video has made it look easy and hassle free. Thanks! I hope you have a stairs carpet laying guide like this!! :)

[@mbond65]

Thanks guys, did our hallway and stairs today (watched your other video on stairs). Have got a nasty crease in hallway but we had to fold the carpet to store it before fitting, hope it goes once settled. Thanks again, much appreciated 👍🏻

[@katsuyahatta446]

These people are really good because the presentation is very easy to understand for beginners. a good teacher always gives easy and clear cut explanations. all of instructions make sense perfectly !

[@Farmerh01]

3:01 gripper shear 🤦‍♂️use your carpet bloster place said bolster when you need the cut and hit with said hammer

[@chaosheila]

Thank you for the step by step guide , its amazing , feel like I can do it myself with all the tips and techniques provided!! 👍👍

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks glad you liked it 😁😁🙏🏼

[@modernNeanderthal800]

Not a second was wasted

[@bestblackoutvideos]

23:00 WATCH THOSE BLADES AROUND THE BASE BOARD BOYS , COULD BE WRONG BUT LOOKS A BIT GALGED UP BY THE TIP OF THE RAZOR BARELY SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF THE PAINT, but great video educatioanal, fun,and enjoy the accents. lol but what do i know , im an american. lol i didnt know the peaky blinders installed carpet . sharpest knives in the uk, STILL SUBSCRIBED

[@anthonyellison4737]

Pacifically declined for the job huh..... Must be good .

[@homeimprovements]

I am

[@anthonyellison4737]

@@homeimprovements Haha Great video btw, lot of good tips that will definitely come in useful, thank you

[@quagmirewasere]

Need to fit my own carpet the price charged is shocking almost as much as the carpet itself

[@justmyopinion8395]

Where are you shopping? It’s free installation when you buy the carpet and pad at Home Depot or Lowe’s.

[@gonzalorusinol7439]

Great video, I’m about to start with a small 3x4 room. What should I put on the door side? The rest of the house will be done later so don’t know what to put between the new carpet and old carpet in the door threshold

[@homeimprovements]

Either run the carpet long and cut back when ready or door bar and a scrap of carpet in the hall side to stop pin spiking your feet 😊

[@gonzalorusinol7439]

Thanks now I’m more confuse cause you are talking Chinese hahah I will figure it out

[@williamfreitag7335]

I always use a power stretcher over a knee kicker

[@yellowwater2387]

Yeah bol, 10x easier

[@arkadiuszkulpa]

You forgot to explain how to cut bits off after locking it in on the last two walls. you said yourself it wasn't that difficult on the first one because we weren't stretching but then left us hanging on how to do it when it's stretched... I guess I will just wing it with what you did explain which was a lot, thanks

[@JustinCanute]

Put the kicker just before the strip then kick, it hooks itself to the strip, no need to prick those fingers anymore lol js

[@frank5363]

Great video, you’re always gonna get the inevitable comments from the miserable people ‘Why don’t you power stretch’ ‘Use a carpet tucker’ ‘Use a plastic bolster’ Bla bla bla I’ve fitted for over 20 years and I wouldn’t say I do everything the same as you guys but get the same results and that all that matters Nice work

[@homeimprovements]

Nice one mate legend 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@rodneysmith247]

Same tattoos to boss

[@ogcabbage6213]

Always take shoes off on the carpet , the things we step in throughout the day should not be transferred onto your carpet.

[@SN33ZYJ3]

Can you cut carpet with a curved blade or isit just a straight blade ? And the video has helped alot

[@modernNeanderthal800]

We bought a house in this beautiful town but it is desperate for renovation. Our master bedroom will be complete tomorrow thanks to this perfect 10/10 carpet installation onboarding video 100% would start a business after watching this if i were 20

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks 😊😊😊

[@lcmckeigue]

Firstly. How you managed to make a carpet fitting video entertaining 👏 😂 Secondly. Help please… I was feeling like billy big bollocks and decided I could fit my own carpet. Now I’m reading online that you need to use a power stretcher to fit carpet? Lord knows I don’t have £800 laying around for one of those. My metaphorical balls have shrivelled up. Can I do a decent job using just the knee kicker?

[@homeimprovements]

Absolutely you can don’t panic 😊💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@DavidUrulski-wq9de]

If my room is 4x4 meters and the carpet i buy is 4x4 meters, is it still going to work? As i see most tutorials showing the tucking the carpet behind at the side's. Can I just have it "not tucked"? Or can I stretch to tuck?

[@homeimprovements]

You would need the carpet to be slightly larger than the room and then cut down to fit as walls may not be perfectly straight 😊

[@RJ-rm7os]

great video, thanks for all your knowledge/tips. Quick question, what size staples to use? i have 11mm underlay. i have tried 10mm but to get the staple to hit the floorboard you need to push it down and an indent is caused. will this indent be seen in the carpet above or should i just use 14mm staples. thanks.

[@homeimprovements]

That’s correct 10mm is fine and it will dimple but isn’t an issue 😊😊

[@deanmiles8421]

Now that you've l laid your carpet "are you happy with it" yes I am "would you do it again" no I bloody wouldn't, not with plumbers knees 😅. Thanks for the advice chaps, was much help but not again.

[@homeimprovements]

Love it

[@JaniceCharters]

How do you deal with door bars especially restretchihg a carpet to the door threshold bar?

[@christianescamilla6356]

" here in the youuu - kayyyy "

[@kimgratton2670]

Soooo glad i found this video. Really informative and entertaining at the same time. It actually makes me want to try and do this myself. Subscribed! Can't wait to go through your other vids

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks Kim 😊

[@ljnorman2842]

What's up with everybody not having a carpet knife a utility knife is not good enough😢 working hard not smart and it's called tax trip

[@homeimprovements]

Wrong country mate it’s different here I’m sure you can here from our accent we are not American

[@eerr1438]

Grippers should be mitred pleased you taped the seams as not many do. Each trade to their own save yourselves a few quid and get a proper fitter rather than have a go yourself! A good fitter can make a cheap carpet look a million dollars

[@lynnkember9781]

As, they say they video was for DIY. As much as id like a carpet fitter i have thin plugs of money, so I really appreciate their video.Its not for people who can do the job.

[@AhsanHaji]

This is a very useful video. Way better than the BNQ official video. I spend way too many hours to lay a carpet but then was struggling to lock the carpet in place. I am going to try again after having watched this.😊

[@BushmanOutdoors]

Would you tape the joints on fibreboard underlay for laminate or not needed?

[@dirtyharold7164]

You could use insulation tape to improve the thermal property of the underlay meaning less heat loss. If the underlay has no thermal value then this would be a pointless endeavour.

[@martinwarm4041]

Helpful video..thanks guys 👍

[@briannics713]

If you guys buy a power stretcher like the polls or bear claw it will actually stretch the carpet and ripples won’t appear after words

[@whoshatwat]

I’ve fitted thousands and used a power stretcher a couple of times, no need for them if you know what you’re doing, no ruckles ever appear on my jobs.

[@j2thecob]

What spacing will someone experienced put between the skirting and the gripper

[@homeimprovements]

2/3 thickness of carpet being installed then some adjustments depending on pile type loose piles can be bit tighter 😊

[@makirichi]

Are baseboards sitting on the subfloor in England? How can the carpet be tucked under then?

[@homeimprovements]

Yh we tuck against here 99% of the time 😊

[@anwarjabar]

You should have put screws in the floor chipboard as these will squeak overtime as they are only nailed down

[@homeimprovements]

Never happened in the 16/17 years we’ve been doing it

[@bensears3323]

I went a little too short with my carpet ... About an inch from the wall .. Will I be able to stretch it enough to get it in like it's supposed to be

[@homeimprovements]

Yep will take some kicking but it’s possible 😊

[@stephengrant8944]

Good tips lads. can i just use a cheap knee kicker, if not what brand should i get without breaking the bank. Cheers

[@homeimprovements]

You can it’s just not kind on the knees 😊😊

[@rord7891]

Great video. Put my 1st carpet down. Looks great. Thank you! You didn't warn me about the bad blister from using the bolster though! 😂👍🏻

[@delmartin1947]

I think I will leave it to you chaps thanks for the video

[@HTH21]

Sorry if it’s was ask (don’t want to scroll through 300+ comments), when installing with a seam what the order of locking and stretching? Is the seam done first?

[@homeimprovements]

Pre stretch and join 😁

[@JR-1983]

I personally always join first, doesn't matter too much on plain carpet but it can do on pattern.

[@mikec6587]

Such a good video I am even contemplating doing my daughter's room now 🤣🤣

[@homeimprovements]

😁🙏🏼

[@Ve.Glorius]

Can I just used the old carpet as a template for the new carpet and just cut a little wider for just in case purposes?

[@Getreadywithtegan]

Good idea!

[@nascage]

You guys took the easy way out by using a wood subfloor for your demonstration. I'll keep watching, lol. 🤔

[@homeimprovements]

We have one on concrete 😉

[@nascage]

@@homeimprovements I will watch both later, and provide any constructive criticism if I see anything. I watched the first 5-10 mins of this one, and nothing stood out, except for maybe cutting the tack strip in angles, which I don't find totally necessary. It's not like your wasting time either way, so to each their own. I'll make time later to watch in their entirety.

[@daveparkes8539]

I'll bet you guys have never took a proper lesson in carpet installation. Not only do you install it improperly, you void the manufacturers warranty. Why don't you just bring carpet shoes with you? 😂

[@homeimprovements]

American/Canadian I’m guessing

[@daveparkes8539]

@@homeimprovements Of the "Jack of all trades and master of none" heritage I'm guessing?

[@lucianmoraru3285]

Please use googles to avoid eye and blade accident

[@jonneym]

Good demonstration but I just bolster the carpet into the skirts then run the knife along at 45 deg. Along it in one sweep. Quick bump with the carpet thumper, jobs a gooden. An average longe only takes about an hour to do.

[@dat6057]

I appreciate you both!!! I watched other videos first and felt like I was missing something; so I watched one more! By far the best guide! Five Stars!!!

[@homeimprovements]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jesseoswald483]

Y’all just kicking it in that’s fine for closets but not full rooms

[@Mourad1EL]

Some of the best tutorials on KZbin, started with your detailed garden room, well done lads, keep it up

[@homeimprovements]

Much appreciated

[@modernNeanderthal800]

Subscribed

[@homeimprovements]

Thank you 👍🏻

[@emilykevin6442]

Hi do u need a kneekicker or stretcher if u are using fetback carpet. thank u

[@homeimprovements]

Not if fully sticking

[@TimHollingworth]

I didn't have a carpet kicker, so I made one out of scraps of wood. (It was the wood from a frame for a canvas picture, 4cm x 2.5cm cross section.) I glued it all together and screwed it to make the shape of a kicker. For the grip I used 4 strips of carpet gripper glued and nailed onto the flat base, which covered the 2 wooden strips deep. It turned out to be 14 cm x 8cm. Two smaller pieced were glued and screwed parallel to the connecting piece for added strength. The connecting piece 40cm long glued and screwed on top of the knee bit, which was made with one strip 14cm x 11cm then the two smaller strips 4cm x 5 cm glued and screwed. On top of that another two strips 14cm x 11cm again glued. Finished off with 2cm thick solid foam 14cm x 11cm glued on with wood glue. It works reasonably well enough to fit the carpet. Not quite up to your guys standard but the finished job looked good and tight. So thank you very much. I realised the previous fitting of the carpet grippers were way away from the wall, so moving them in as you showed made all the difference.

[@rodneysmith247]

I always trimmed the pad 1st then if it was short adjust and staple like 1 and done. Nice for a repair video. 😁

[@neato161]

You get the thumbs up for the walking banana 👍

[@homeimprovements]

🤣🤣

[@s4xph]

great fun, no-nonsense and loads of great tips. Thanks so much. Looking forward to doing my first room next week!!

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks and good luck 😁😁😁

[@zahra44416]

Oh staple hammer interesting

[@tracykey9227]

Awesome video and instructions. Thank you for the time yall put in to putting this together for us all. Greatly appreciate the extra "tips of the trade". Happy New Year to yall and yours from the USA.

[@homeimprovements]

😊🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@unknownreacts1985]

I’ve been selling carpet for 18 years now at a small business ran by a 74 year old man. I know that I won’t have the job of selling carpet much longer because of his age but I would like to become an installer. Only problem is I’ll be 40 this coming January and well I’ve been cutting carpet and vinyl flooring on concrete floor for years and my body isn’t the greatest of shape especially my knees at times. Did I miss my window of opportunity to begin doing this for a living? I would love to learn how to install carpet from anything to traditional stretch in all the way to making T seams on big rooms and figuring carpet jobs correctly when measuring jobs. Problem is I don’t know if I can take a course at a local college for this or do I have to continue watching how to videos and try my best. What would you recommend for somebody in my position?

[@9catlover]

so grateful for this tutorial. It makes me want to do this all myself. i had to subscribe

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks for subbing! 👍🏻

[@jaypo7]

Great video lads!! Two questions: When you have a concrete floor, I presume I should just use the adhesive spray to hold the corners of the underlay in place? And with the gripper bars, can I get away with sticking them down in long lengths or is it best to cut them down to shorter lengths? Much appreciated! J

[@homeimprovements]

Yes and cut them down that’s the British standard way anyhow 😊

[@randywl8925]

Absolutely correct about shoes. If i cant wear em, someone else is going to install. Good installers watch where they step.... No mud, mou automotive oul spots, no dog do do. By the time youre unrolling the carpet ant forieng residu has been walked off and thf shoes are fine. My toes cannot handle the lack of support. 49 years and still no carpet damage from wearing shoes.

[@RADU1st]

you guys make it look so simple. Soon I will have to do it myself . Thank you for the tutorial.

[@mrdxreaper]

Thanks guys need to carpet my living room and my bedroom but it was going to cost me over £1000 to have it done fucking stupid 😢

[@colinmedlam9666]

What about explaining about the pile direction which way to lay it

[@Zipppojaws]

Love this. Any advise on how to remove carpet, to relocate it into a new home? Our carpet isnt old, so want to take it with us in the hope we may get 2 rooms done.

[@JR-1983]

Just roll it up and take it with you.

[@kanarimentos7056]

GOOOOOOOOOD

[@troychester7539]

Great talk MC! My bro! I like that. You've actually opened up my mind to consider that AI could really become conscious. As much as I've been resistant to that idea because I'd like to think that my consciousness, which seems to be emergent, is special, I can't really say it is or it isn't. So therefore how could I say that AI may not reach or is not already conscious!?

[@dennishals4428]

You guys need to buy a power stretcher and a trimmer and he also need to fold your carpet 5 feet in for that walkway and then fold it over 6 foot and then rolled up and carried it in so much easier

[@Blue-Truth]

Thanks guys. Very helpful 🙏

[@homeimprovements]

😊🙏🏼

[@nashinnovations]

I used to scoff at the side cut. then the other day I had to fit into a finished wood reducer. came in clutch. this is why I like watching my trade in other countries. well done.

[@nickwaah2702]

2 things I didn’t see, 1. How do I untucked (if I ever need to), 2. How did I tuck at the sliding doors? Let me add that this video is VERY entertaining and informative and makes me feel very confident that I do this by myself. Thanks for your service!

[@krisztianvarga182]

Thank you.

[@jesusisking3652]

5.53 is that a ghost behind you guys

[@homeimprovements]

Most likely 🤣

[@JohnnyP1077]

Amazing techniques... So generous... So entertaining... You both are so down to earth that you made me feel like 'I' accomplished something 😂

[@jimlydon9293]

How do I lay the grippers on a concrete floor

[@nickangelo116]

I have never seen a nice comment from a carpet guy. They all bash the videos IN EVERY CARPET VIDEO. There's always several "experts" who tear the video apart. Thats why I've never posted a video of an install. These people are in the field, in real life, among me as well. They bash people in the field, on jobs, behind our backs, they have superiority complex. Every crew has different techniques. Instead of bashing them, I learn what they know. If theyre truly unprofessional and underskilled, I purposely let them mess up and they make me look better by comparison. Listen, it's carpet. We got into this business because this is where the dullards go. Saying youre the best carpet guy and dogging others is like saying you're the smartest cognitively disabled person. It's not that big of a deal. It's just carpet. Im fourth generation. I learned from family first. After breaking away from family and working with others, I learned a lot more, different, better ways to do things. Im better than my dad was. I dont go dogging my dad about it.

[@homeimprovements]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@RELENTLESSxRG]

😂 that room will wrinkle in a few weeks😅

[@williameberle4250]

Excellent. Head and shoulders above the other videos. Impressive muscles and tats as well.

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks mate appreciate it 😊

[@rodneysmith247]

When I see the sky a tree or maybe the ocean with a tattoo on it maybe then I'll think about get n all bill boarded up. 😮

[@paulyoung4781]

Thanks for the tips I'm a decorator! And my wife wants me to lay living room carpet 😂I feel a bit worried but I'll give it a go!! What can go wrong like papering a wall!! 😂😂😂

[@homeimprovements]

🤣 no probs mate sure you’ll do great 😊💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@paulyoung4781]

@@homeimprovements hahaha ye I bloody hope so mate!!! Hahaha

[@timtim4603]

They make it look so easy! Very professional and big help to us diy’s I’ve learnt different techniques thanks boys

[@Whoisreal666]

How do you price this

[@homeimprovements]

Depends on area and going rates

[@jeremykemp3782]

Awesome thank you

[@JR-1983]

Good video but important to say you really want to stretch the lengths first not the width.

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks for the tip 😊

[@rodneysmith247]

To do the length you have to do 3 or 4 feet in on each corner of the width on the 1 end of the room.

[@JR-1983]

@@rodneysmith247 yeh 2 corners, hopefully rooms not full of furniture too 🤣

[@NailsDogg]

Thank you alguds

[@TvvinkleToes]

Love the accents and the instruction. I’m preparing myself to install carpet in my son’s bedroom if my husband keeps putting it off.

[@TattssOfficial]

This, this is the way tutorials on KZbin should be explained. As an autistic visual leaner (apparently it's not pc to even call myself the R word 😅) I need clear instructions and explanation. I've just fitted my home studio carpet after watching this (4 to 6 times just to lock that info into my brain 😂) the carpet is perfect so honestly boys, take a f***ing bow 🙌💪🔥💙

[@jameswalden3407]

yall are the truth

[@triciaking7321]

Good work! And you're in socks! Not shoes, like my carpet guy's :(

[@flast7845]

Thanks bruv

[@randomstoragespace]

Great video. Got a new build recently and had to redo all the carpets because they had mongoloids fit them

[@sabai901]

I watched your video I want to do myself U very professional thank you I try to do myself

[@umbro12]

Good carpet layer In Australia, $250.000, a year, I'm a good carpet layer, but you clowns are not, $24 per metre we get plus extras,

[@lukeoconnor8840]

corner v cut...would of been nice to know 20 years ago always something to learn

[@chrismiles-witchell9374]

`Oiiiiii, peeepuullllllss........i tolds dems abart datt tapiiinnnnnn dem joins.......!!` ......lol 😂😂😂

[@TheRichMaxwellChannel]

Great video, entertaining and some great tips here. Fitted a carpet a few years ago and have another to do this week so this was a great refresher.

[@homeimprovements]

Glad it was helpful! 😊😊

[@raajparkash7981]

Best video I seen awesome u2 precise straight to the point & very informative ! Now how much do you charge to fit lol 😂 jk am gonna follow this guide ❤ thank you so much!!

[@JT-kv8mc]

Great video! Fitted a large offcut from a friend in my box room last night following your instructions and it looks ace! Cheers lads (and your mum) :)

[@homeimprovements]

🤣 quality good to hear 😊👏🏼👏🏼