4 Easy Steps For Installing The Carpet Without A Knee Kicker
A knee kicker is a small tool that is used to refine the carpet so that it fits the space perfectly. Although when using the knee kicker, the user first needs to prepare the floor by making sure all the nails and boards are flush. The user also needs to clean the surface area as this will help to ensure that the carpet fits well and can also stick to any adhesive spray that may come in use during the installation. After this job is done the user can lay paper felt on top of the floorboards. This will help to stop dust and droughts from cycling through the room.
Steps
- Tackless Strips: The first step that the user needs to do is that tackless strips around the edges of the area that are to be carpeted. Here the user needs to leave a gap of about ½-inch between the walls and back of the tack strip and a gap of ½-inch between the entryway of the room where the carpet will stop and a threshold and back of the tack strip.
- Carpet Pad: In the second step the user needs to cut the carpet padding with the help of the utility knife into an exact size that will fit the room. Now the user needs to glue the padding into right place between all the tack strips, it's important to remember not to place the pads on the tack strips.
- Carpet Cutter Tool: Now in this step the user needs to cut the carpet with the help of a cutter tool. Cut the carpet a few inches longer and wider than the width and length of the room and then for easier installation roll the carpet inward.
- Stretch Without A Knee Kicker: Although it's recommended that not to install the carpet without the knee kicker because it can lead to buckling with improper installation if still, the user wants to lay the carpet without knee kicker then use grippy shoes and make sure that the carpet is tacked to the floor. Then Jump towards the edge of the room using the shoes and then move into forwarding momentum to stretch the carpet.