Carpet Patch Over Tack Strip

Fasten the pad to a concrete floor with carpet pad adhesive and duct tape the seams together photo 2.

Carpet patch over tack strip.

Place a straightedge on top of the carpet and cut along the line using a utility knife to trim off the excess. Flimsy wood tack strips yield easily to a sharp utility knife so you can replace pieces. 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.

Start with a clean area. Carpet trim 179 model 18562 6 84. Watch out for the tack strip. It has sharp nails.

Use a utility knife to trim off any pad covering the tack strip. Loosen the carpet from its anchor whether a tack strip or metal cap. 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 remove the baseboard and reinstall it after laying down the carpet patch or b leave the baseboard in place and install the tack strip 1 4 away from the baseboard as described in the next step.

Staples to reinstall the pad and a tin snips or a chisel to cut the new tack strips to length photo 4. Carpet tack strips are wooden boards installed around the perimeter of a floor to hold carpet in place. 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. Trafficmaster hardwood 3 in.

If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room. Use the 6 in 1 painter s tool and a hammer to lift one end of one of the strips. It ll cut off carpet edges more cleanly and accurately than a utility knife. On a wood subfloor all you need is a staple gun and 5 16 in.

Seam binder 38 model hw87536 13 86. Carpet transition strip 23 model hw87172 22 92. If you decide to remove the carpet you must also pry up the tack strips which are held in place with nails. And use a putty knife to tuck the edge of the carpet into the tack strip down in the floor.

If the patch is to be applied against a wall and the room has baseboard molding your two options are. A little goes a long way. Reattach the carpet as you refasten the carpet to the tack strip you need to stretch it toward the wall. Trafficmaster silver hammered 144 in.

Economy knee kicker https amzn to 2nfpkoc 31 47 carpet tack strip 3 pack https amzn to 2u8bos0 8 16. Pick somewhere to start either a corner or a break between two tack strips. Cut the donor carpet to match and glue the perimeter of the carpet backing with gorilla glue.