A Carpet not only transforms an ordinary, dull room into warm and inviting one, but also protects the floor from damages and scratches.

Buying a quality carpet may cost you more, but installing that carpet through professional installers is really expensive comparing the cost of the carpet.

This is the reason why many people prefer Do-It-Yourself carpet installation and save the money that would be spent for the installation company otherwise. Keeping the tools ready is the criteria to look into while starting the carpet tile installation process. Once it is ready, follow the steps quoted here to complete your project at ease.

Carpet tile installation guide

• To start with remove the old carpet and file or remove the staples and tack stripes if any with a hammer. Once this is done, clean the floor thoroughly so as to remove the dust and debris that got accumulated due to various factors. If the floor looks wet and moist wait till it gets dry completely. Mildew and mold get breed up over the wet and moist area.

• Make “X”-marking between the diagonal corners of the room so as to find the centre of the room.

• Make additional perpendicular lines by finding the center of each wall.

• Once these perpendicular grids are formed, arrange the carpet tiles following the grids of chalk line so as to ensure that the tiles are butted in a square manner. While planning the layout try to minimize the wastage of tiles by cutting them on the border. Adjust the chalk lines so as to create neat border tiles of equal size in all the corners.

• Then, connect the tiles with the help of adhesive tabs or glue. The tab’s sticky side should be placed up so that the tile can be stick to them by pressing against it.