Tack Strip Between Carpet And Wood Floor

Concrete tack strip uses hardened steel nails that can penetrate concrete.

Tack strip between carpet and wood floor.

Typically there will be three nails spaced evenly along each three foot section of tack strip. Place the metal track onto the subfloor between the two flooring types with one side lightly against the carpeting that covers the tack strip. Fasten the pad to the wood subfloor with staples every 10 12 in each direction. Connect a gap in your flooring or cover connect a gap in your flooring or cover up a seam with the exclusive silver fluted carpet trim from trafficmaster.

Staple the pad against the edge of the tack strip. Hold it in position over the gap between the carpet and the hardwood flooring while you center the trim track underneath. If padding over a concrete floor use adhesive. A lot of times i can just use the pliers to get the staples up but some staples are so close to the floor that i need to use the wonder tool to get them started.

Locate the brad nails that hold the first piece of tack strip to the floor. Cut a strip of carpet reducer to the length you measured using a chop saw. Designed to eliminate your carpet edges from fraying vinyl floor edging from curling. Step 3 place the curved edge of a small pry bar against the tack strip lining the pry bar up with the first nail.

Once you have all of the tack strips up it is time to remove any staples on the floor from the carpet pad. Run a carpet knife against the strip to trim the pad. Make quick work of creating a smooth transition between two different flooring surfaces with help from trafficmaster. It will also show what not to.

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. A hammer stapler can speed up this process. For thinner carpet you may want to place it closer and vice versa for thicker carpeting. Work toward the tack strips smoothing the pad and stapling.