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.

Install carpet strips on concrete.

Long carpet tack strip for concrete subfloors 100 pack model hd 340 p 8 28 65 28 65. A carpet transition strip is the metal strip used to transition from carpet to wood flooring or from carpet to tile. Then lay tack strips around the perimeter of the room and install your strips of padding. You use nails to nail the strip to the floor.

Usually the strip is brass or some other type of metal. Another method for installing the strips on concrete if you can t drive in the nails is to. Once the carpet is in place start cutting along the edges. Installation services specials offers local ad.

Place tackless strips around the entire perimeter of the room. Before you install the carpet make sure to check the concrete for any moisture issues that need to be addressed. Use tin snips to cut the strips as necessary. Wide x 4 ft.

Mount the strip on the floor in the doorway and let the adhesive cure before installing the carpet. Get free shipping on qualified carpet tack strips or buy online pick up in store today in the flooring department. The strips should be installed 1 2 from the wall with the tacks facing the wall. Allow 2 inches of carpet above the edges along the perimeter of the wall.

To install carpet on concrete choose a carpet that is constructed of synthetic products only as natural fibers are often too absorbent. When you need to secure the transition strip to concrete however you must use an alternative method since you cannot nail. 4 install tack into concrete. The carpet tacks in tackless strips are needle sharp and can easily cut you.

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. Halex poplar 1 in. 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. 2 remove metal carpet nail strips.

Tack strips are sometimes called tackless strips because they eliminate the need for using individual carpet tacks to hold carpeting to the floor.