Carpet Installers

What Does a Carpet Installers Do?

Lay and install carpet from rolls or blocks on floors. Install padding and trim flooring materials.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Inspect the surface to be covered to determine its condition, and correct any imperfections that might show through carpet or cause carpet to wear unevenly.
• 2Roll out, measure, mark, and cut carpeting to size with a carpet knife, following floor sketches and allowing extra carpet for final fitting.
• 3Join edges of carpet and seam edges where necessary, by sewing or by using tape with glue and heated carpet iron.
• 4Cut and trim carpet to fit along wall edges, openings, and projections, finishing the edges with a wall trimmer.
• 5Plan the layout of the carpet, allowing for expected traffic patterns and placing seams for best appearance and longest wear.
• 6Stretch carpet to align with walls and ensure a smooth surface, and press carpet in place over tack strips or use staples, tape, tacks or glue to hold carpet in place.
• 7Take measurements and study floor sketches to calculate the area to be carpeted and the amount of material needed.
• 8Install carpet on some floors using adhesive, following prescribed method.

Required Skills

• Autodesk AutoCAD
• Aya Associates Comp-U-Floor
• Carpet Dealer Management System CDMS
• eTakeoff
• FIRST Flooring
• FloorCOST Estimator for Excel
• Flooring Technologies QFloors
• Focus Floor Covering Software
• Measure Square FloorEstimate Pro
• Microsoft Excel

Carpet Installers Salary