How to Install Wall-To-Wall Carpeting | This Old House

This Old House host Kevin O'Connor explains how to install wall-to-wall carpet, including how to handle seams. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Install Wall-to-Wall Carpeting:
- carpet tack strips
- carpet padding
- carpeting
- carpet padding adhesive
- latex seam sealer
- carpet sealing tape
- duct tape, used to seal seams in carpet padding
Tools for How to Install Wall-to-Wall Carpeting:
- hammer
- carpet knife
- cushion back cutter, used to trim carpeting for seaming
- knee kicker, used to help attach carpet edges to tack strips
- stair chisel, used for final fitting of carpet along walls
- double-blade wall trimmer, used to trim carpet at walls
- power stretcher, used for stretching carpet tight across floor
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