Carpet Patch Over Tack Strip

On a wood subfloor all you need is a staple gun and 5 16 in.

Carpet patch over tack strip.

Carpet tack strips are wooden boards installed around the perimeter of a floor to hold carpet in place. Fasten the pad to a concrete floor with carpet pad adhesive and duct tape the seams together photo 2. Trafficmaster silver fluted 36 in. Step 5 remove the carpet tack strips.

Go over the patch with a carpet brush and remove any loose fibers from the edge of the carpet. Flimsy wood tack strips yield easily to a sharp utility knife so you can replace pieces. Trafficmaster hardwood 3 in. It has sharp nails.

Watch out for the tack strip. Carpet transition strip 23 model hw87172 22 92. Staples to reinstall the pad and a tin snips or a chisel to cut the new tack strips to length photo 4. 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.

Cut the donor carpet to match and glue the perimeter of the carpet backing with gorilla glue. If the patch is to be applied against a wall and the room has baseboard molding your two options are. If you decide to remove the carpet you must also pry up the tack strips which are held in place with nails. Seam binder 38 model hw87536 13 86.

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. Place a straightedge on top of the carpet and cut along the line using a utility knife to trim off the excess. Loosen the carpet from its anchor whether a tack strip or metal cap. It ll cut off carpet edges more cleanly and accurately than a utility knife.

Use the 6 in 1 painter s tool and a hammer to lift one end of one of the strips. Trafficmaster silver hammered 144 in. Use a utility knife to trim off any pad covering the tack strip. Carpet trim 179 model 18562 6 84.

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. In addition to these tools you ll need a pry bar to remove the tack strip photo 3 a stapler with 5 16 in. A little goes a long way.

Start with a clean area. Reattach the carpet as you refasten the carpet to the tack strip you need to stretch it toward the wall. Pick somewhere to start either a corner or a break between two tack strips.