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Installing Wall-to-Wall Carpet

Bob meets Scott Howard of Dean's Carpet as he installs Stainmaster nylon carpet in one of the Mashpee, Massachusetts, affordable homes. This nylon carpet is engineered to fight off stains from kids, pets, and food. Howard uses an eight-pound rebond pad underneath that is made from recycled foam and will last the life of the carpet. This type of installation is not for do-it-yourselfers since there are so many specialized tools required. The installers fit carpet under the baseboard heat enclosure and tamp it onto the tackless underneath for a tight fit.
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Installing Wall-to-Wall Carpet

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" Now we're putting down the wall to wall and Scott Howard is here from dean's carpet IRS -- and we don't know this is what's this -- extra life. Yes yes -- and I want product it's basically a -- product dissidents that really is very very resistant to kids. Kids animals Coke muscle or mustard -- hard at great stuff jelly everything yeah. So what we're doing now is finishing up in the corner and what kind of pad is that Scott that is an eight pound re bond pad. What does that mean. That means recycled material well cool. And it's a foam product right it is a foam product yes. So this is the alternative to jute and other products like that right -- did -- holds up less life of the carpet ha. And then the installation always involves a lot of specialized tools right correct. So it's not the kind of job that one. As a do it yourself -- necessarily shed try. No definitely not there's there's definitely a lot of tools involved with. -- All right and Scott that's the easy part right getting it. Kind of fit in under the baseboard heat yes. Excellent you gotta make sure gets onto that tackless good strong want to go on the tackless and under the lip of the human just terrific nice color too thanks Scott."

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