carpet install

[Dan Vleck]

I just completed an install of 750 sf of carpet in a 4 bedroom rental house with three seams. Carpet went in the living room and a connected bedroom. I watched several you tube videos and read carpet installation specifications to learn how. Turned out nice. Saved close to $500 over paying someone to install it. Took me three days working by myself from bare floor to done. Toughest part is making perfectly straight cuts on the seams. I rented the seaming iron and the stretcher. I bought the other tools for about $75. Hard work, like roofing, but rewarding. 

[George P.]

terrible idea.  you could have done something else instead. 

if you said plumbing.....  I'd agree with u.  but carpet install?  never!