Carpet installation question...
I'm replacing the carpet in my fifth-wheel. I have a memory foam pad and am trying to visualize how this all goes together. Do I need to use a knee-kicker/stretcher for such a small space? (lon...
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Hey, thanks for that. Came back to follow up with my staple adventures. Tried a chrome spring stapler that uses narrow gauge staples and it didn't quite cut it. So yes, I ended up looking for electric carpet staplers and got a great deal on this one ($75) on eBay: Electric Carpet Stapler Had great reviews on the Home Depot website. So that should do the trick. I have narrow staples in both my pad and carpet so I'll try to the chrome stapler on the pad and if that doesn't work well I'll probably just use the narrow gauge on that too.
Not sure I need the trimmer. Think I'm gonna wing it with my razor knife. Can you trust the weave to be square/parallel to the edge? If you neeed a straight line can you follow that? Figure the stair tool should help with that.
My only confusion now...If I cut the piece to size, with all the cut-outs, and I stretch it, the cut-outs won't be in the right place...so I guess I should allow a little wiggle room on those.
Not sure I need the trimmer. Think I'm gonna wing it with my razor knife. Can you trust the weave to be square/parallel to the edge? If you neeed a straight line can you follow that? Figure the stair tool should help with that.
My only confusion now...If I cut the piece to size, with all the cut-outs, and I stretch it, the cut-outs won't be in the right place...so I guess I should allow a little wiggle room on those.
