Carpet Laid Out

At the home depot the cost of carpet installation is free on purchases of 699 or more.

Carpet laid out.

Step 10 use seaming tape with adhesive to join pieces. Where the carpet edges join you ll need to create a seam. The carpet padding and the labor. The seamed edges of both carpet segments must be straight.

Installing carpet is a job you can do yourself to save money. Getting the carpet over the spikes of the tack strip requires the use of a carpet stretcher and carpet kicker. The less moving this monster of a piece the better. Needlepunch carpet is extremely dense and durable making it ideal outdoor carpeting for decks as well as outdoor carpet for patios.

Again these tools are easy for a professional to use but can be tricky for a novice to use correctly. The cost to install carpet depends on three factors. If your tiles have an abstract organic pattern this can work well but is less suited to tiles with a more rigid geometric design. Just be prepared to take your time and make sure you have the right tools which you can rent.

Glue the seams together. Loosely lay out the carpet in approximately the correct position. Don t assume that a factory edge is straight. Your carpet tile squares are laid with no consideration for orientation or direction of tile patterns.