FCEF Students Learn the Hows and Whys of Installing Carpet

This week the students began learning carpet installation which runs through next week as well. CFI Master Installer Dave Garden gives us the inside scoop on what the students are learning and how well they are doing. They started with learning to install tack strip and moved on to padding, but ultimately, they are learning the hows and whys to each step of the carpet installation process in a controlled environment.

// Journey to Flooring Installer: A Front-Row Seat

In January 2022, the first round of students completed the Floor Covering Education Foundation’s (FCEF) Basic Floor Covering Installation program at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) in Dalton, Georgia. See more highlights from the course!

Beth Miller began her journalistic journey in 2005 while still working as a mechanic in her dad’s garage. She has written about everything from artists to WWII veterans and in 2010 stepped into the healthcare sector where she created digital content for 11 years. She, then, received her master’s degree in English from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In 2017, she took the leap into the flooring industry. Here, she has discovered a place where she can apply both her technical and journalistic abilities.