Fasten Carpet Strip To Concrete

Our flooring specialist ron demonstrates and explains what it takes to install a carpet tack strip on a basement concrete floor.

Fasten carpet strip to concrete.

Is there a better way to attach carpet tack strip to a concrete floor. Allow it to cure per the adhesive manufacturer s recommended time before allowing traffic on the floor. You use nails to nail the strip to the floor. Tack strips are sometimes called tackless strips because they eliminate the need for using individual carpet tacks to hold carpeting to the floor.

But it also seems a bit labor intensive. Use tack nails and a hammer to secure the metal carpet strips to the flooring. A carpet transition strip is the metal strip used to transition from carpet to wood flooring or from carpet to tile. 2 remove metal carpet nail strips.

Usually the strip is brass or some other type of metal. Install tackless strips peeling back the carpet as the carpet is pulled back a lot of care is put to avoid destruction of the fiber on the carpet as well as the. When you need to secure the transition strip to concrete however you must use an alternative method since you cannot nail. Use tin snips to cut the strips as necessary.

Nail the tack strips to the wooden subfloor or if installing carpet over concrete use masonry tacks or an epoxy adhesive attach the strips to the floor. Then lay tack strips around the perimeter of the room and install your strips of padding. Like maybe drilling holes and filling them with some kind of epoxy that nails can be hammered into. The carpet tacks in tackless strips are needle sharp and can easily cut you.

4 install tack into concrete. That s a little easier but not much. If you are nailing into concrete use concrete nails to secure the strips. The strips should be installed 1 2 from the wall with the tacks facing the wall.

Apply a 1 4 inch wide line of construction adhesive to the bottom of the transition strip where it will rest on the concrete. Step 3 press the transition firmly in place. Shoot masonry screws into the strips every 6 8 on center to fasten them to the concrete. Place tackless strips around the entire perimeter of the room.

That way the strip is as firm as it would be against an osb subfloor.