If you’ve used nail down grippers, just hammer the nails into the floor.

Once you’ve set your perimeter, the final step is to fasten them to the floor. It’s a good idea to measure the perimeter of your room before you buy carpet grippers, so you know how many you need. You also need to make sure the angled nails are facing towards the wall, so the carpet can be stretched over them. This will enable you to neatly tuck the carpet in after you’ve fitted it to the gripper. Ideally, you should leave a gap around the same thickness of your carpet between the skirting and the gripper (around 10mm). The next step is to fit your grippers around the perimeter of the room, cutting the rods to size with a hacksaw when you reach the end of each wall. Lay the grippers around the perimeter of the room Dual purpose carpet gripper is ideal for most wood and concrete floors. Pre-nailed carpet grippers include specific nails for use with different types of flooring. if there are pipes below the floorboards. Stick down grippers are best used when it is impractical to nail one into your floor i.e. There are two main types of gripper rod, stick down and nail down. The above tool will help you choose the best gripper for your needs.

At interfloor, we have a wide range of carpet gripper rods to suit all types of flooring. How to fit Carpet gripper Select the right gripperįirst, you need to select the best carpet gripper rods for your type of floor. Our Gripperrods® Professional and Gripperrods® Tackfast products are renowned for their excellent quality they’re also the only carpet grippers manufactured in the UK.

They’re usually about a quarter of an inch thick and around an inch wide.Ĭarpet grippers are easy to install, you just nail or stick them to the floor around the perimeter of your room, and the angled pins will hold your carpet in place securely. Carpet gripper rods are thin strips of high-grade, resin bonded plywood with sharp, angled nails and pins or tacks that hold your carpet in place. For a stretch fit installation, you need to install carpet grippers before you fit a carpet to ensure it stays taught and in place.

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