Tacks Sticking Up Through Carpet

Carpet tack strips are lengths of wood usually douglas fir about four feet long and one inch wide.

Tacks sticking up through carpet. Once the carpet is rolled out and installed it has to be tacked down. The tacks will grip the backing and hold the carpet in place. Don willott owner of don s floor coverings mentions that the typical. 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.

Obviously the thickness of the carpet has a bearing on whether the tacks will be a problem in a walk area. What is a carpet tack strip. Fasten the pad to a concrete floor with carpet pad adhesive and duct tape the seams together photo 2. Reattach the carpet as you refasten the carpet to the tack strip you need to stretch it toward the wall.

Use a utility knife to trim off any pad covering the tack strip. The carpet tack should grip the edges of the carpet through the carpet backing. 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. After the carpet was stretched the installer should have hammered down the pins on the tack strip.

Beating the tack strip pins down through the carpet will usually work the risk being it may dimple the carpet slightly. On a wood subfloor all you need is a staple gun and 5 16 in. Op can do this and the problem will go away.