Carpet Fitters Who Measuredthe Room Themselves

Fitting day starts with clearing the room, lifting the old carpet and underlay and checking the floor underneath. Loose boards are screwed down, nail heads punched in and anything that would show through the new carpet is dealt with before it goes down.

New gripper goes round the edge of the room, the underlay is cut and taped, then the carpet is laid out, trimmed and stretched onto the gripper with a power stretcher or a knee kicker depending on the room. A carpet that has been stretched properly does not ripple or wrinkle when the heating comes on.

Seams are planned when we measure, run with the pile direction and placed where they are least seen, usually away from the window. Doorways get a proper bar or a tucked edge so there is nothing to catch a foot on.

Stairs are where an experienced carpet fitter earns their keep. Each tread is stretched over the nosing and tucked into the crease, winders are cut and folded so the pile runs the same way on every step, and a bullnose bottom step is wrapped rather than seamed.

Runners are fitted with rods or discreet fixings and kept dead straight up the flight. Whichever you choose, we use a firm stair underlay, because it is the underlay that takes the wear on a staircase.

We fit across Eastbourne and out to Polegate, Hailsham, Bexhill and Lewes, in every kind of home: flats with tight communal stairs, Edwardian villas with wide landings, new builds with chipboard floors that need a little extra care at the joints. Landlords and letting agents use us for quick, tidy turnarounds.