Carpet Tacks For Stairs

Carpet tacks for stairs.

Carpet tacks for stairs.

Prepare the stairs using tack strips and thin pieces of wood similar to yardsticks with tacks pointing upwardm to hold your carpet in place. Cut your tack strips into lengths which are 4 inches shorter than the width of your carpet runner. These will grip the carpet backing and hold it in place. Skip to main content.

Fasten the treads with carpet tacks if your stairs are already carpeted. Prepare your stairs for carpet installation by installing tack strips thin pieces of wood resembling yardsticks with tacks pointing upward. Carpet on stairs usually requires some sort of hardware. Carpet tackless strips are almost always strips of douglas fir wood usually 4 feet long by 1 inch wide with very sharp nails protruding through them at 60 degree angles and tacks or brads partially sunk in the strip.

Tiny nails tacks with wide tops strips of adhesive and staples are usually used to keep a carpet in place on one of the high traffic areas of a home. Insert three carpet tacks in the center of each stair tread and another tack in each corner making a total of seven tacks.