What tools do you have and are you not happy with because they don't do the job and what kind of tools would you look for that aren't available. Serious comments only please...
A tool to undercut door linings deeper, that doesn't cost £500. But I'm too lazy to use a hand saw. I'm getting fed up with changing the blades on the vein saw, gone back to the jamb saw at the moment.
I can't quote other posts on this forum for some reason, so any response I make will look out of place. Bugger......
My screen is a bit buggered, full of little white boxes with red crosses in them. There's no "quote" option when I want to reply to another post. I don't know what the problem is, I'm not really computer literate so I can't fix it. I can see photos on this forum, but not on the other one........fuctifino!
Matt, what is it that Crain do? Because it would have to be heavy, to put the carpet on the gripper under the radiator without the carpet bowing up when it's tucked down. There's nothing that looks more unprofessional than a carpet that "sits up" along the line of the gripper. It's the mistake that newbies make when fitting Wiltons or Axis along the width.
Crain do a curved bolser. You dont need one tho. I will always double bank gripper under rads. ( glue the gripper in place if really low). Then get the carpet on the gripper and stretch away before you cut. Once the carpet is under tension cut carpet almost net and use a curved AWL / Bradle to tuck the carpet. You tend to get a bubble at grippers when trying to tuck to much and with to large a tool like a bolster. You also get this is trying to cut the carpet on before its stretched. Not trying to teach you to suck eggs mate, but on assessments i see this all the time. Once i show the fitter the above method they all laugh and say i cant believe how simple it is now you have shown us.
I fit in a totally different way :? The carpet gets stretched onto the first row of pins and carpet rubbed onto them with tack hammer,then go round cut in and stretch again tuck in with an awl and rub on to both set of pins with tack hammer
how come you stretch twice when you have already stretched and cut it in? Do you cut in as you go along also?
