Carpet Tacks Poking Through

In multiple locations the tack strips are easily poking through the carpet.

Carpet tacks poking through.

The carpet tack should grip the edges of the carpet through the carpet backing. Your email address will not be published. Doorway tack strip solution. Required fields are marked post comment.

Notify me of new posts by email. The installers actually tried to leave the metal transition piece until my wife remembered paying for that silver. No comments so far. Two birds home.

This will show how to take care of that pesky tack strip the doorways that is always poking your feet when you step on it. Once the carpet is rolled out and installed it has to be tacked down. Be first to leave comment below. 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.

The tack strip is an inch from the silver metal piece. The edge of the tiles that are adjacent to the carpet is sharp and partially exposed so you have to make sure you don t step on a tile edge either. The carpet is usually placed over a carpet pad. The worst area is where the carpet meets the laundry room where the carpet transitions to linoleum.

Notify me of follow up comments by email. Once the carpet is stretched onto the pins they must be tapped over in a doorway tile junction to reduce the problem of feeling the tacks through the carpet.