How To Tack Down Carpet On Concrete

Shows and explains how to install tack strip on concrete along with a few helpful tips about what kind and size nails should be used and when.

How to tack down carpet on concrete.

Our flooring specialist ron demonstrates and explains what it takes to install a carpet tack strip on a basement concrete floor. Tack strips are sometimes called tackless strips because they eliminate the need for using individual carpet tacks to hold carpeting to the floor. Here are the basics of how to install carpet on concrete subfloor. Wide x 4 ft.

Halex poplar 7 8 in. Remove the 3 foot wide carpet sections from the tack strips by shaking the carpet in a back and forth motion while pulling it up from the surface of the floor. Long carpet tack strip for wood or concrete subfloors 3 pack model hd 161 p 8. To install carpet on concrete choose a carpet that is constructed of synthetic products only as natural fibers are often too absorbent.

Step 1 install tac strip. It took about 48 hours the carpet seemed fine but the tack strip is covered in black splotches. How do i replace a carpet tack strip on a concrete floor. We peeled the carpets back used towels a wet vac fans to get it dry.

Long carpet tack strip for concrete subfloors 100 pack model hd 340 p 8 28 65 28 65. Halex poplar 1 in. We had some basement flooding a few weeks back. In this video i share how to install carpet step by step.

Wide x 4 ft. Before you can install carpet on concrete you are going to have to install the proper type of tac strip. Then lay tack strips around the perimeter of the room and install your strips of padding. The process of installing carpet on concrete is a little bit different from installing it on top of a wood subfloor.

Before you install the carpet make sure to check the concrete for any moisture issues that need to be addressed.