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Marking the backing saved me a headache on a closet install

Yesterday, I was working on a bedroom with a tricky closet. The carpet never seems to lay right in those corners. I tried something new by drawing the floor shape on the carpet back. I used a regular pencil to make clear lines. After stretching, I cut along the marks with my knife. The fit was spot on and saved me from redoing it. The client loved how smooth it looked. I'm definitely using this trick again.
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valw69
valw691mo agoTop Commenter
Wish I'd thought of that before I butchered my last closet install, lol.
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jenkins.richard
Isn't that how we learn most home projects though?
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mary768
mary7681mo ago
Jenkins.richard is right, that's how all the good tricks start.
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