[Help] DIY help please- best tool for cutting carpet tiles

desprateseagull

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Jul 20, 2003

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brighton, actually

• May 31, 2018

• #1

Planning on doing a spare room makeover, and replacing the rather k.nackered big carpet with carpet tiles-

easiest option imho, as a few bits of furniture will be hard to move out (lack of space).

Can any carper pro's here, recommend a worthy trimming tool- mainly for the corners at the doorway, and slicing straight edges off tiles, to fit to size of room (approx 16 feet square).

 

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knocky1

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Jan 20, 2010

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• May 31, 2018

• #2

Move the furniture and then carpet.

 

Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker

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Sussex by the Sea

• May 31, 2018

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sams dad

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Feb 7, 2004

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The Hill of The Gun

• May 31, 2018

• #4

I think a very sharp craft knife would be sufficient.

 

Creaky

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Hookwood - Nr Horley

• May 31, 2018

• #5

No idea what the professionals use but I’ve always used a Stanley Knife with a carpet blade

 

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Bodian

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May 3, 2012

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Cumbria

• May 31, 2018

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Creaky said:

No idea what the professionals use but I’ve always used a Stanley Knife with a carpet blade

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With lots of blades - carpets blunt them very quickly.

 

OzMike

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Oct 2, 2006

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Perth Australia

• Jun 1, 2018

• #7

A sharp Stanley will do it but also have a straight edge ready.

 

Chicken Run

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Valley of Hangleton

• Jun 1, 2018

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They are called Dolphin knives, the curled blades are for vinyl and straight for carpet and tiles