Hi,
I'm just in the process of putting down carpet, and am having a little trouble getting it to sit tight over the gripper rods. I'm fitting a polypropylene carpet (not sure what the backing is... either hessian or plastic equivalent I think) over 11mm foam underlay, using a knee kicker to stretch it, and a brick bolster to tuck it behind the gripper rod. Before final trimming, the carpet seems to sit perfectly well over the gripper, but after trimming, it is a little loose, i.e. when you press down on it, it moves a little bit (maybe 2mm).
In the attached image, the carpet on the right side is 'properly' fitted, and on the left side is loose.
As this is the first time I've laid carpet, I am not really sure if this is how carpet is supposed to feel, or whether I'm getting it wrong somehow. (I checked against carpet we had professionally fitted, and that is similar, but that wasn't a particularly great job either).
Any advice would be very much appreciated, thanks.
I'm just in the process of putting down carpet, and am having a little trouble getting it to sit tight over the gripper rods. I'm fitting a polypropylene carpet (not sure what the backing is... either hessian or plastic equivalent I think) over 11mm foam underlay, using a knee kicker to stretch it, and a brick bolster to tuck it behind the gripper rod. Before final trimming, the carpet seems to sit perfectly well over the gripper, but after trimming, it is a little loose, i.e. when you press down on it, it moves a little bit (maybe 2mm).
In the attached image, the carpet on the right side is 'properly' fitted, and on the left side is loose.
As this is the first time I've laid carpet, I am not really sure if this is how carpet is supposed to feel, or whether I'm getting it wrong somehow. (I checked against carpet we had professionally fitted, and that is similar, but that wasn't a particularly great job either).
Any advice would be very much appreciated, thanks.
Where would you put it?