One way to do this is to lift the carpet away from the floor as you cut.
Easiest way to cut rolled carpet.
Another way is to remove the carpet in larger pieces and cut it up somewhere else.
While it is simple enough to cut carpet with a utility knife or carpet shears there are methods you can use to streamline the process and ensure that your cuts are efficient and clean rather than ragged and time consuming.
To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner.
Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall.
It took a while but all rolls were like this.
Carpet is a common type of flooring material used in indoor and outdoor applications for homes and offices.
Instead of raking your blade across the carpet and through the padding to make a cut just make a 4 5 inch hole and use your fingers to pull the carpet up with one hand then cut the raised carpet.
The cutter has an extra long nose for better row separation plus a bottom platform and beveled surface that allows the cutter to stay straight.
Most rolls of carpet come in widths of 12 feet so be sure to take this into account when plotting out the best way to cover the floor.
We put the roll on our ankles while sitting down.
This carpet cutter is the ideal tool for cutting carpets accurately and efficiently.
I would not cut it on the roll unless you do what we did in the 1950 s with wallpaper.
The we ctt off the edge of the paper.
Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1.
Extra long nose for better row separation.
Get someone to assist and cut it to an approximate size as every carpet fitter would.
Comfortable and easy to use.
When it comes to cutting carpet of any type flipping it over first makes the job immensely easier.
The roll you produce must be something you can lift and move and it must fit in whatever vehicle will be used to transport the old carpet away.
Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.
Know what a manageable strip is.