Basic Carpet Fitting (Domestic installers)

This five-day course is designed for both newcomers, and other personnel e.g. retailers who wish to learn the correct and approved methods of fitting carpets.

Syllabus: -

- Health and Safety

- Customer relations

- British Standard BS 5325 (textiles / carpets)

Brief overview of the Standard

- Sub-floor types and how they affect the installation

- Basic moisture tests of sub-floors and equipment

- An overview of sub-floor preparation

Plywood

DPMs

Levelling Skims

- Types and methods of installing: -

Interlays

Underlays

Tackless strips

Door profiles

- Carpet construction and its effect on fitting methods

- Methods of fitting carpets including stretching and cutting in: -

Flat areas

Straight stairs

- Joins / seaming

- Tools of the trade