Intermediate Carpet Fitting (Domestic installers)

This five-day course is designed for those who have gained the basic carpet fitting skills and wish to enhance their skills and knowledge to a higher level.

Syllabus: -

- Health and Safety

- Overview of customer relations

- British Standard BS 5325 (textiles / carpets)

Main points of the Standard

- British Standard BS 5808 (Underlays)

Types and uses of Underlays

- Sub-floor types and how they affect the installation

- Moisture tests

Equipment

Test methods

Logging results

Evaluating results

- Sub-floor preparation

Plywood

DPMs

Levelling Skims

- An overview of methods of installing

Interlays

Underlays

Tackless strips

Door profiles

- Carpet construction and its effect on fitting

- Methods of fitting carpets including power-stretching

L shape areas

Toilet / bathrooms

Straight stairs

Kit winders

Bull nose - cap and band – sewn

Open plan

- Joins / seaming

Heat seam

Electronic (Silvaseam type)

Pattern alignment

- Tools of the trade