For the do-it-yourself carpet installation you can use the following as a basic guide to the tools you will want in preparation to installing carpet.
What you’ll need:
- Tackless strips
- Stapler
- Hammer
- Utility knife
- Chalk line
- Measuring tape
- Rolling pin (or rental seam roller)
- Work gloves
- Safety glasses
- Knee pads
Rental tools:
- Knee kicker
- Power stretcher
- Seam cutter
- Seaming iron
- Seam tape
- Wall trimmer
- Strip cutter
- Seam roller