Tack Strip Between Carpet And Wood Floor

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Tack strip between carpet and wood floor.

Once you have all of the tack strips up it is time to remove any staples on the floor from the carpet pad. When installing the strip fold back the carpet and pad so it s out of the way and place the strip approximately 1 2 away from the finished wood floor. This will allow an approximate 1 4 inch gap between. Designed to eliminate your carpet edges from fraying vinyl floor edging from curling.

If padding over a concrete floor use adhesive. Typically there will be three nails spaced evenly along each three foot section of tack strip. Hold it in position over the gap between the carpet and the hardwood flooring while you center the trim track underneath. Locate the brad nails that hold the first piece of tack strip to the floor.

Work toward the tack strips smoothing the pad and stapling. Concrete tack strip uses hardened steel nails that can penetrate concrete. This video will show a carpet transition turn n tack method the correct way to get great results while roll and staple carpet. Run a carpet knife against the strip to trim the pad.

A hammer stapler can speed up this process. Cut a strip of carpet reducer to the length you measured using a chop saw. I love using the wonder tool and these pliers for this job. Place the metal track onto the subfloor between the two flooring types with one side lightly against the carpeting that covers the tack strip.

Staple the pad against the edge of the tack strip. For thinner carpet you may want to place it closer and vice versa for thicker carpeting. Step 3 place the curved edge of a small pry bar against the tack strip lining the pry bar up with the first nail. Fasten the pad to the wood subfloor with staples every 10 12 in each direction.