A Step-by-step Guide To Make Carpet Installation Go Smoothly

Changing an old carpet or installing a new one means you’re doing a small renovation in your house. Carpets can give a whole new look to the room, but they can seem like a lot of hard work that needs a lot of skills and preparations. However, with the right tools and some steps to help you through the installation process, you'll have a new carpet without any hassles or extra installation costs.

Here’s a Step-by-Step Guide to Ease the Carpet Installation Process

Before you begin, you should make sure that you have all the right tools and remember to measure the room to know how much carpet you're going to need and remove all the furniture in that room.

1. Remove Old Carpet 

Vacuum the old carpet before removing it to reduce the dust. Removing the old carpet as a whole can be a little hard, to ease this step, you can cut the carpet into small parts with a utility knife and roll each one, so you can easily carry it outside the room. 

2. Remove the Door 

If possible, you can remove the door from the room you're working in. This will make the installation process more comfortable as you will not have to work around the door and will have the needed spaces for your work.

3. Cleaning The Floor

The second step after removing the carpet is to make sure that the floor is clean before installing the new one. You can use a vacuum or a broom to remove all the dirt and dust, and then clean the floor with water. Wait for an hour after cleaning the floor to make sure that it’s dry. 

4. Install Tack Strips

Installing the tack strips is one of the essential steps in carpet installation. You will first need to cut them and install them around the edges of the room.

5. Carpet Pad 

Once you've added the strips around the edges of the room, it's time to install the carpet pad. The padding should be perpendicular to where you're going to install the carpet. After installing the carpet pad, you should start trimming the edges to cut the extra parts. If you live in Melbourne, the Australian-based company Carpet Melbourne Direct mentions that the best way to install the carpet pad is by feeling where the tack strip is and cutting along the edge of the strip. However, if you're not sure how to install it properly, you can ask for an expert's help where you got the carpets, or you can hire someone familiar with Melbourne properties.

6. Installing the New Carpet 

Before you install the new carpet, you will need to make sure that the size is correct. To make this step more manageable, you can take the carpet outside to have enough space, unfold it, and check for the size. If it's a little longer, you can trim the extra parts. Once you're sure that the carpet has a perfect size, stretch it across the room, and make sure you don't leave any gaps.

7. Attaching the Carpet 

You will need to glue the parts where the carpet edges join. You will first need to make sure that the carpet is stretched out, and the lines are straight. With a seaming iron or any other similar tool, join the edges together until there are no gaps between them. Once it becomes one big carpet, it's time to attach the carpet to the strips. Stretch the carpet over the tack strips with the right tools until it’s attached. 

8. Last Step 

Once the carpet is attached to the floor, the hard part is over. Now it's time for the final touches to make the room looks perfect. Trim the extra edges that can be found close to the walls. These parts may not seem like a big deal, but they can affect how the room looks. It's preferable to give it one last trim to ensure that it looks fabulous.

When following these steps, you will smoothly go through the installation process without hiring anyone to do it for you. However, if you don't feel like you can do all of these steps on your own, you can ask for a professional's help for the carpet installation. Removing the old carpet and cleaning the floor before installing doesn't require much work. So even if you're going to get someone to install the new carpet, it's better to do these steps before they arrive. That way, you will be reducing the installation cost and making sure that there's no dust or water underneath the new carpet.