Carpet Overview
Under the Carpet segment of the curriculum, INSTALL teaches skills that are common throughout the floor covering trade, such as floor prep, understanding pattern matches and general tools. The Standard Skills also include several classes provided by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, such as forklift, ergonomics and OSHA 10-hour.
Carpet instruction is covered in 32 different lessons:
- History
- Carpet construction
- CRI installation standards
- Tools
- Transitions
- Layout
- Seam cutting methods
- Pattern matching
- Direct glue installation
- Double glue installation
- Direct glue stairs
- Carpet tile
- Hot melt tape seaming
- Hot melt tape seaming stretch-in
- Hand sewing
- Tack strip installation
- Cushion installation: stretch-in
- Fundamentals: stretch-in
- Power stretching diagrams
- Hand binding staple method
- Boxed stairs net edges
- Boxed stairs rolled edges
- Stair runners: rolled edges
- Contour stairs
- Bullnose cap and band
- Floating stairs
- Single upholstered baluster step
- Winder stairs
- Winder stair runners: rolled edges
- Bullnose step open side
- Bullnose step: birdcage
- Repair
Each lesson consists of four components, including the lesson, instructor manuals, student manuals and testing.
Lesson Highlight: Direct Glue Carpet Installation
This lesson addresses direct glue as a method of installing carpet by adhering it directly to the substrate. This method is used primarily in commercial settings, but has residential applications. There are a wide range of carpet styles and backing types that can be installed with this method. This lesson addresses various components of this methodology, including:
- Tools
- Adhesives
- Repairs
- Substrates
- Measurements
- Trimming
- Sealers
- And more