Advanced Carpet Skills

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

Course notes included.

Syllabus

Health and Safety

        Overview of health and safety

British Standard BS 5325 (textiles / carpets)

Main points effecting advanced fitting

Sub-floor types and suitability for the installation

Adhesion
Underfloor heating
Listed buildings

Moisture tests

Overview of moisture testing

Sub-floor preparation full practical

Plywood
DPM’s (demonstration)
Levelling Skims

Carpet construction and their effect on advanced fitting

Methods of stretching carpets to correct bows and skews

Stairs

Hand sewn double bull nose
Overcoming problem stairs

Joins / seaming

Aligning patterns when using single or dual stick
How to handle salvages 

Border fitting

Underlay types, suitability and fitting methods
Setting out
Adhesives

Repairs

Re-tufting
General repairs

Tools for advanced fitting