Installing carpet or making repairs to your carpet can be a daunting task not only due to the work involved but because of the tools needed to do.
Carpet stretcher diy.
Carpet stretcher home made.
It does the lion s share of the carpet stretching.
From adjoining walls you ll also need to rent a knee kicker if a carpet cutter is available rent it too photo.
Once you have the tack strips and padding in place lay the carpet back down and use a power stretcher to pull the carpet into place so it s.
Brace the power stretcher s base against a short length of 2 4 in front of the wall where the carpet remains attached.
The most important tool to rent is a power carpet stretcher photo 8.
If you have tight areas where the power carpet stretcher won t fit spaces less than 3 ft.
This plywood float reinforced with a short piece of a 2x4 as a stop has 6 or 7 short strips of carpet nailer strips with.
How to make a knee carpet stretcher from wood.