CARPET REPAIR AND REINSTALLATION COURSE

The Carpet Repair and Reinstallation Course (RRT) is a must-have class for fire or water damage restoration contractors.  Learn how to properly remove wet carpet without destroying it and then reinstall it properly.  Find out how to open seams that WILL go back together.  Learn how to make the jigsaw puzzle pieces fit back in.

For carpet cleaners, RRT will give you the knowledge you need to increase your profits from your existing customers.  You will be able to offer them more complete service when you can repair seams, get rid of bubbles and buckles, make burns or pulled rows in berber look like they never existed, or repair metal strips while you're there to clean their carpet.

Attendees will be given the opportunity to become certified as a Repair and Reinstallation Technician by the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC).

OPPORTUNITIES
how to turn your coursework into dollars and cents.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
cutting, fastening, seaming and repairing.  Find out which tool surprises even seasoned installers.

CARPET CONSTRUCTION TYPES
what's the difference between a berber and a level loop?

INSTALLATION TYPES
what does double-glue-down mean to the re-installer?

INSTALLATION SEQUENCES
do I seam or fasten first...including steps.

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS
the complete procedure, completely understandable.

Bubbles, Buckling and Delamination Repair what is the difference between delamination and buckling?  What is a manufacturing defect and what isn't?  How to fix it so you're the hero, not the villain.

Pulled Rows in Loop-Pile Carpet know what to do when a loop is pulled and repair it before it snags you.

Burn Repair the homeowners won't be able to tell where the repair was made.

Seam Repair find out what laws of physics make a peaked seam...and how to work with them to flatten the seam.

Area Replacement cut out bad areas and set in "bonded inserts."

Strip and Metal Repair what are all those shapes for, anyway?

Installation Problems Was it cut wrong?  Were the seams done right?  What does overstretching look like?

INSTALLATION PROCEDURES:
You will be disengaging carpet, examining the condition of the carpet and tackless, and then reinstalling and stretching it.  All this is after you've studied carpet construction types and the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) installation standards.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Mark Violand started his 30+ year floorcovering career by removing and reinstalling water-damaged carpet.  Mark will show you tricks of the trade at opening seams that WILL go back together. His reputation precedes him as Northeast Ohio's "go-to" floorcovering inspector, working for carpet, resilient, wood and laminate manufacturers and floorcovering retailers, along with consulting carpet installation contractors.