Cover edge of carpeting at doorways with metal door jambs and replace doors.
The gap between the tack strip and the baseboard allows clearance to tuck the edges of carpet down and hide any irregularities.
Work along the newly-stretched edge of the carpet with the carpet cutter to trim off the excess as the tool traps the carpet against the wall or woodwork.
Carpet beetles commonly lay eggs in areas where dead insects tend to be found, such as along the edges of carpeting or beneath headboards, or in lint accumulating in air ducts.
Always test a cleaning solution on the edge of a carpet, to ensure it does not ruin the carpet dyes.
Go over the patch with a carpet brush and remove any loose fibers from the edge of the carpet.
Once all of the carpet padding is on the pipe, tape down the loose edge of the carpet using duct tape.
Start by taping one edge of the carpet padding to the pipe and then slowly roll the pipe until the carpet padding is completely wrapped around the pipe.
Small bumps like the edge of a carpet do not cause trouble, but taller ones can be a brick wall.
There was some last-minute coaching (kind of like a pregame pep talk) by what appeared to be a publicist on the edge of the carpet.
Where do we go? – and made ourselves as small and invisible at the edge of the carpet as we could while he ambled past and the energy followed behind.
