Carpet Patch Over Tack Strip

A little goes a long way.

Carpet patch over tack strip.

Start with a clean area. Smooth out the carpet over the doorway and feel it with your hands to locate the area where it meets the other type of flooring. Use the 6 in 1 painter s tool and a hammer to lift one end of one of the strips. Seam binder 38 model hw87536 13 86.

If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room. And use a putty knife to tuck the edge of the carpet into the tack strip down in the floor. Staples to reinstall the pad and a tin snips or a chisel to cut the new tack strips to length photo 4. It ll cut off carpet edges more cleanly and accurately than a utility knife.

On a wood subfloor all you need is a staple gun and 5 16 in. A remove the baseboard and reinstall it after laying down the carpet patch or b leave the baseboard in place and install the tack strip 1 4 away from the baseboard as described in the next step. If you decide to remove the carpet you must also pry up the tack strips which are held in place with nails. Carpet tack strips are wooden boards installed around the perimeter of a floor to hold carpet in place.

Watch out for the tack strip. Step 5 remove the carpet tack strips. Carpet transition strip 23 model hw87172 22 92. Fasten the pad to a concrete floor with carpet pad adhesive and duct tape the seams together photo 2.

Trafficmaster silver fluted 36 in. Flimsy wood tack strips yield easily to a sharp utility knife so you can replace pieces. It has sharp nails. If the patch is to be applied against a wall and the room has baseboard molding your two options are.

Use a utility knife to trim off any pad covering the tack strip. Trafficmaster hardwood 3 in. Loosen the carpet from its anchor whether a tack strip or metal cap. Trafficmaster silver hammered 144 in.

Place a straightedge on top of the carpet and cut along the line using a utility knife to trim off the excess. Trafficmaster hardwood 1 7 16 in. Carpet trim 179 model 18562 6 84. Some people have a hard time with this step but i ll show you how to remove carpet tack strips the easy way with three simple tools.

In addition to these tools you ll need a pry bar to remove the tack strip photo 3 a stapler with 5 16 in. Go over the patch with a carpet brush and remove any loose fibers from the edge of the carpet. Economy knee kicker https amzn to 2nfpkoc 31 47 carpet tack strip 3 pack https amzn to 2u8bos0 8 16.