How To Tack Down Carpet

Push the lever down to stretch the carpet taut.

How to tack down carpet.

Cut carpet tack strips using a table saw or a circular saw to fit along the perimeter of the room. Lay two pieces of carpet directly up against one another. Transfer this measure to the tack strip and cut it using a stair tool and mallet. Continue along the wall then trim excess with the wall trimmer and tuck the edge underneath the baseboard.

Using a hammer nail down tack strips around the perimeter of the room. Step 1 measure the length of the transition area between the tile and the carpet. 3 measure and cut new tack strips to the lengths found in step 1 with tin. After removing all the furniture and old floor covering from the room cover the wood subfloor with carpet padding.

How to install carpet 1. Tack down the padding with a stapler. Reach in front of the power stretcher to hook the carpet onto the tack strip. Start in one corner of the room.

Each tack strip is approximately 4 feet long. If you cut it long enough there should be a little bit of carpet going up the wall a few inches. Step 4 lay out the carpet. When the carpet is anchored to two opposite walls repeat the procedure to stretch anchor cut and tuck the.

Then take the piece of carpet that you cut and lay it into the room. Only remove the ones that were exposed from the carpet pull up inspection. A hack saw can also be used to cut the strip. Unroll the carpet roll covering the floor and tack strips as you do.

Install the carpet tack strips photo by ryan hulvat. Don t cut any strips to fit in the doorways. Line up carpet edges as needed to make seams and cover the whole floor. You will then need to complete the seams if they are necessary for this job.