Anyone fitted carpet themselves?

[TheHouseofMirth]

We need a new carpet for DS's room. As it's a small room I think we'll be able to get a remnant but the fitting more than doubles the cost. DH ( who is no DIY expert...) thinks he can do it himself.

Just wondering if anyone has any advice please.

Also, while you're here(!) do you think pale blue is a bad colour for a bedroom? DS & I both want to paint his room either palest blue or Inky Pool 5 but DH is arguing it will make the room too cold.

I once fitted carpet in an entire flat (I was 18 and knew I could do everything alone ). My big mistake was not knowing that carpets shrink a bit....make the edges a bit too big/long!

My dad always fits his own carpets it's doable and he is not partially good at DIY.
I always wanted a pale blue room and wasn't allowed, parents said it be too cold so painted it orange instead, and you know what the room was still cold I would go with the blue.
I prefer the first blue, more subtle.

DH, my mother and I fitted very thick carpet in the lounge and it is fine - has not 'walked' anywhere and has no bobbles so is fine by me.

Was quite a big job as you obv have to empty the whole room and when te only place stuff like leather suite etc can go is garden and it's threatening to rain.... then you have to move 25stone of fish tank.....

Anyway - you need a fitting kit obv. which includes a nasty looking spiky thing with a knew pad on the end, a beastly stanley knife and a metal thing that looks like a heavy duty wallpaper scraper.
Additional items from the home include a decent marker pen, large, strong, sharp scissors, a tape measure and a rubber mallet.

We laid it out then cut it down to about 2 inches bigger than the room, then you have to use the spike thing to stick the carpet and kick it towards the wall with your knee which stretches it out. It then sort of holds on the carpet grippers while you trim it down to the right size gradually, leaving a little bit which you then poke down in front of the skirting board with the scraper thing then smack it in hard with the rubber mallet.
You get a lovely neat edge which is actually very satisfying.

We already had grippers etc fitted as we removed a cream carpet ruined by puppy training and replaced. I wouldn't know about fitting those.

It was quite physical work and didn't take too long really to do one room - couple of hours ish.
The emptying the bloody fishtank to move it then resetting it all up was the worst part.

I would do it again, put it that way - well worth the savings.

Thanks! Think we'll have a go. We can take up the old carpet and use it as a template (whilst taking on board your advice to add a few inches) so hopefully all will be well!

fitted my bedroom carpet and DS1's bedroom.

What sort of carpet have you got...foam backed or hessian or that funny material backing

the inky pool is a warmer blue to me. Personally i think blue is cold and it also depends on aspect of room. Is it N

dp fitted most of ours - don't know how much we saved but tbh would have done that if it was possible to get it finished in one go!

Blue is awful for showing up bits - be warned! You will be hoovering every day!