Install Carpet Strips On Concrete

A carpet transition strip is the metal strip used to transition from carpet to wood flooring or from carpet to tile.

Install carpet strips on concrete.

Our flooring specialist ron demonstrates and explains what it takes to install a carpet tack strip on a basement concrete floor. Nail the tack strips to the wooden subfloor or if installing carpet over concrete use masonry tacks or an epoxy adhesive attach the strips to the floor. Long carpet tack strip for concrete subfloors 100 pack model hd 340 p 8 28 65 28 65. Get free shipping on qualified carpet tack strips or buy online pick up in store today in the flooring department.

The carpet tacks in tackless strips are needle sharp and can easily cut you. Installation services specials offers local ad. Allow 2 inches of carpet above the edges along the perimeter of the wall. Tack strips are sometimes called tackless strips because they eliminate the need for using individual carpet tacks to hold carpeting to the floor.

You use nails to nail the strip to the floor. Ensure that the carpet is well laid over the tack strips so that the nail strips can go into it and hold it into place. When you need to secure the transition strip to concrete however you must use an alternative method since you cannot nail. To install carpet on concrete choose a carpet that is constructed of synthetic products only as natural fibers are often too absorbent.

Shoot masonry screws into the strips every 6 8 on center to fasten them to the concrete. Before you install the carpet make sure to check the concrete for any moisture issues that need to be addressed. 2 remove metal carpet nail strips. Use tin snips to cut the strips as necessary.

Halex poplar 1 in. Once the carpet is in place start cutting along the edges. The strips should be installed 1 2 from the wall with the tacks facing the wall. Place tackless strips around the entire perimeter of the room.

Then lay tack strips around the perimeter of the room and install your strips of padding. Wide x 4 ft. 4 install tack into concrete. Then tuck the carpet edges into the wall corners just below the base edge of the baseboard.

Usually the strip is brass or some other type of metal.