Tacks Sticking Up Through Carpet

The tacks will grip the backing and hold the carpet in place.

Tacks sticking up through carpet.

Once the carpet is rolled out and installed it has to be tacked down. Use a utility knife to trim off any pad covering the tack strip. Reattach the carpet as you refasten the carpet to the tack strip you need to stretch it toward the wall. When the tack strips are nailed screwed or glued to the subfloor with the tacks angled toward the wall the tacks will grip the carpet backing and hold the carpet in place as it is installed.

Beating the tack strip pins down through the carpet will usually work the risk being it may dimple the carpet slightly. Press down on the carpet firmly without using a hammer so the tacks don t break or bend before they get hold of the carpet. Carpet tack strips are lengths of wood usually douglas fir about four feet long and one inch wide. Fasten the pad to a concrete floor with carpet pad adhesive and duct tape the seams together photo 2.

On a wood subfloor all you need is a staple gun and 5 16 in. What is a carpet tack strip. The carpet tack should grip the edges of the carpet through the carpet backing. Once the carpet is stretched onto the pins they must be tapped over in a doorway tile junction to reduce the problem of feeling the tacks through the carpet.

Don willott owner of don s floor coverings mentions that the typical. Tacks sticking up through the carpet we have advised management several times since the remodel what a poor job that tacks stick up through the cheap indoor outdoor carpet in 16e section ii. After the carpet was stretched the installer should have hammered down the pins on the tack strip.