carpet refitting

[d67]

help please -

we took up our carpet to allow for some replastering, but now when we come to re fit it, it is an inche short around all the edges - any tips how to fit and stretch it please ??? ps. it is a heavy woven carpet with not much give. also we washed it with a domestic carpet cleaner hoover, could this have made it shrink? and will it settle down once its fully dried ?

many thanks in advance.

 

[breezer]

carepets are stretched into place when fitted with a "knee kicker" i belive you can hire one from a hire shop

 

[AdamW]

I have read up on the subject of carpet stretching in the past. Apparently you need to be careful because it is possible to overstretch. As your carpet is already cut to size this shouldn't be a problem as you know how big it should be.

you can get a kicker from here.

If it is an expensive carpet (as if carpets are ever cheap!) then with the risk of tearing it you might be well advised to get a quote on having it refitted. Various friends of mine have been charged about £50 a room for having a new carpet cut and stretched, I would have thought it would be less for just stretching an already cut carpet.