Carpet

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14′ × 12′ room: 19.4 sq yd of carpet, 19.6 sq yd of pad and 13 pieces of tack strip, with the seams laid out.

What people get wrong:

• Pad over the tack strip. The pins can’t grab the carpet backing and the edge pulls loose.
• Stretching with only a knee kicker. Ripples within months.
• Seams in the wrong place. Seams across a doorway or across the traffic path fray and show.

The worked example, every line's math and the code notes · Your own sizes in the app

13 steps, 3′ wide: 12 sq yd of carpet, 4.2 sq yd of pad and 20 pieces of tack strip, cut step by step.

What people get wrong:

• Pile running up the stairs. It wears faster and looks a different color.
• Cutting all the pieces from one measurement. Steps vary by a little: measure each one before you cut its piece.
• Pad that stops short of the nose. The nose wears through first.

The worked example, every line's math and the code notes · Your own sizes in the app

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