cutting in goliath

exactly how not to do it lol

 

Funny that as i often cut it in 1st especially on loop pile carpets and have been inspected on my work for a full day by FITA who passed me with flying colours lol . Most fitters i know use this method so i guess we've all earned our spurs then!

 

before this goes off on a tangent.....
slagging off others work unless we've seen it first hand is a big no no in my book


unless its Scott Mitchell's work!

 

I've always stretched/cut with straight blade/bolstered down.. By hand with no trimmers...

Cut first then stretch?? Guess that's why there's so much replacement work out there lol

 

i m o both ways work it just depends who trained you and how you feel most comfortable, on all carpets i stretch, tap onto pins but not tuck, slice with janser superhook then bolster in, depending on carpet may spray aswell, never had a restretch in as long as i can remember.

 

Exactly my point!

 

1st off there's no replacements through bad fitting in my area and you do realise floorskills, fita etc use a vinyl knife to tuck carpet down and not a bolster

 

sometimes i do when needed but most of the time it's my own work

 

I'm just being honest, I put experience and working years with soneone experienced over these so called fita 'trained' cowboys (not everyone, just a lot it seems in my area)

Out of curiosity, if you were cutting first on a 6m length of Victoria for example, you cut it an inch away from the skirting then hope you got it right?

 

lol yeah that's right, by "fita trained cowboys" you're referring to Carpetright i take it? I've been fitting for nearly 30 years and was taught using the stretch onto gripper ist then back cut it in, used turn and tuck,sewing joins etc etc. but i adapt my style to different types of flooring, are you telling me if you get a fairly cheapish felt back loop pile carpet you'll stretch it onto the gripper then back cut it accross the loops with a straight blade? Btw the guy who runs the courses at FBall who's an NVQ Assessor on floor coverings hooks carpets in so i guess he's a cowboy also? Lol Anyway each to their own

 

Deffo shouldn't cut then stretch that's just retarded hook or strait don't matter as long as you do it without marking skirting
Bolster is for stairs in my eyes as there a clear difference in finish between the two let alone you breaking the champer on the gripper when using the proper spaced gripper on certain carpets also bolster marks the skirting
Also fita turned there certificates into dog **** joining with Carpetright
I work there BTW lol!

 

I always use a plastic bolster and metal bolster and hook most carpets in. I agree you have to fit different carpets in different ways.

 

Sewing is not so difficult, it just needs more practice

 

Why are you commenting on a thread from 6 years ago ?

 

. I was just interested with the topic.