Domestic Carpet Fitting Course

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

This course is designed for those who are currently working in the carpet fitting trade or those who worked in the industry in the past and are now returning after a period where they were not working in the business

Syllabus:

Health and Safety

Customer relations

Brief overview of

• Sub-floor types and how they affect the installation
• Basic moisture tests of sub-floors and equipment
• An overview of sub-floor preparation
• Plywood
• DPMs
• Levelling Skims

Types and methods of installing: –

• Interlays
• Underlays
• Tackless strips
• Door profiles

Carpet construction and its effect on fitting methods

Methods of fitting carpets, including stretching and cutting in: –

• Flat areas
• Straight stairs
• Joins / seaming

Tools of the trade