Tack Strip Between Carpet And Wood Floor

A hammer stapler can speed up this process.

Tack strip between carpet and wood floor.

Cut a strip of carpet reducer to the length you measured using a chop saw. 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. If padding over a concrete floor use adhesive. Work toward the tack strips smoothing the pad and stapling.

Concrete tack strip uses hardened steel nails that can penetrate concrete. Run a carpet knife against the strip to trim the pad. 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. Typically there will be three nails spaced evenly along each three foot section of tack strip.

It will also show what not to. Once you have all of the tack strips up it is time to remove any staples on the floor from the carpet pad. Hold it in position over the gap between the carpet and the hardwood flooring while you center the trim track underneath. Step 3 place the curved edge of a small pry bar against the tack strip lining the pry bar up with the first nail.

This will allow an approximate 1 4 inch gap between. For thinner carpet you may want to place it closer and vice versa for thicker carpeting. 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. Locate the brad nails that hold the first piece of tack strip to the floor.

Fasten the pad to the wood subfloor with staples every 10 12 in each direction. Designed to eliminate your carpet edges from fraying vinyl floor edging from curling. Make quick work of creating a smooth transition between two different flooring surfaces with help from trafficmaster. I love using the wonder tool and these pliers for this job.