Carpet, LVP, Tile Installers
1 month ago
Seminole
Job Description Summary Looking for high quality installers to installer carpet, tile, hardwood, and/or LVP for regular, year round work. Duties • Join edges of carpet and seam edges where necessary, by sewing or by using tape with glue and heated carpet iron., • Cut and trim carpet to fit along wall edges, openings, and projections, finishing the edges with a wall trimmer., • Inspect the surface to be covered to determine its condition, and correct any imperfections that might show through carpet or cause carpet to wear unevenly., • Roll out, measure, mark, and cut carpeting to size with a carpet knife, following floor sketches and allowing extra carpet for final fitting., • Plan the layout of the carpet, allowing for expected traffic patterns and placing seams for best appearance and longest wear., • Stretch carpet to align with walls and ensure a smooth surface, and press carpet in place over tack strips or use staples, tape, tacks or glue to hold carpet in place., • Take measurements and study floor sketches to calculate the area to be carpeted and the amount of material needed., • Cut carpet padding to size and install padding, following prescribed method., • Install carpet on some floors using adhesive, following prescribed method., • Nail tack strips around area to be carpeted or use old strips to attach edges of new carpet., • Fasten metal treads across door openings or where carpet meets flooring to hold carpet in place., • Measure, cut and install tackless strips along the baseboard or wall., • Draw building diagrams and record dimensions., • Move furniture from area to be carpeted and remove old carpet and padding., • Cut and bind material., • Clean up before and after installation, including vacuuming carpet and discarding remnant pieces. Requirements • Clean work sites., • Install carpet or flooring., • Cut carpet, vinyl or other flexible materials., • Smooth surfaces with abrasive materials or tools., • Inspect work sites to determine condition or necessary repairs., • Prepare surfaces for finishing., • Measure materials or objects for installation or assembly., • Cut carpet, vinyl or other flexible materials., • Mark reference points on construction materials., • Plan layout of construction, installation, or repairs., • Install carpet or flooring., • Review blueprints or specifications to determine work requirements., • Measure work site dimensions., • Estimate materials requirements for projects., • Install carpet or flooring., • Cut carpet, vinyl or other flexible materials., • Install carpet or flooring., • Install carpet or flooring., • Install carpet or flooring., • Measure materials or objects for installation or assembly., • Install carpet or flooring., • Create construction or installation diagrams., • Remove worn, damaged or outdated materials from work areas., • Cut carpet, vinyl or other flexible materials. Nice To Haves • Autodesk AutoCAD, • Microsoft Excel, • Air underlayment staplers, • Aya Associates Comp-U-Floor, • Butane glue guns, • Carpet awls, • Carpet base cutters, • Carpet clamps, • Carpet cutters, • Carpet Dealer Management System CDMS, • Carpet grippers/pullers, • Carpet seam steamers, • Carpet shears, • Carpet trolleys, • Carpet tucking tools, • Caulking guns, • Concrete nail drivers, • Cool tip glue guns, • Cove base guns, • Cushion back cutters, • Cushion lock cutters, • Desktop computers, • Door pin tools, • Drill bit sets, • Edge-binding staplers, • Electric carpet tackers, • Electric glue guns, • eTakeoff, • FIRST Flooring, • Floor scraper blades, • FloorCOST Estimator for Excel, • Flooring Technologies QFloors, • FloorRight, • Focus Floor Covering Software, • Furniture skids, • Hammer tackers, • Hammers, • Hand trucks, • Handheld calculators, • Heavy duty electric staplers, • Hexagon bit adaptors, • Hooked blades, • Jamb saws, • Knee kickers, • Laser printers, • Loop pile cutters, • Measure Square FloorEstimate Pro, • Molding lifter bars, • Multipurpose trimmers, • Nail driving guns, • Napping shears, • Notebook computers, • Personal computers, • Power carpet stretchers, • Power drills, • RFMS Schedule Pro, • Round corner carpet blades, • Row separators, • Rubber mallets, • Seam cutters, • Seam squeezers, • Sewing needles, • Spiral drill bits, • Square corner carpet blades, • Stair claws, • Stairway stretchers, • Standup cutters, • Steaming irons, • Straightedges, • Strip cutter blades, • Strip cutters, • Switchblade trowels, • Swivel-lock stretchers, • Tackless cutter blades, • Tape measures, • Textile Management Systems RollMaster, • Toe kick saws, • Trimmer carpet blades, • Tucking trimmers, • Turning tools, • Ultraviolet UV seam inspection lights, • Undercut saws, • Utility knives, • Wall trimmers