Tack Strip Between Carpet And Tile

How to install a transition strip from carpet to ceramic tile.

Tack strip between carpet and tile.

It will also show what not to. Fold back the carpet to allow yourself enough room to work. Nail the tack strip securely to the floor. Pull the carpet over the top using a knee kicker.

Cut the edge of the carpet so that it reaches the edge of the tile perfectly. Press down all along the tack strip to ensure good contact between the carpet and the nails. The transition between tile and carpet is the last step in most tile install tack strips about half an inch away from the edge of the tile. The next step should be to cut at the direct edge of the tile.

Pull the carpet toward the end cap and use the butter knife to press the carpet into the tack strip nails. If you would like to be certain that the carpet will never come up place a bead of latex glue inside the gap between the tack strip and the carpet. The tack strip for the carpet is installed 1 4 to 3 8 inch from the edge of the tile then the edge of the carpet is cut off at the direct tile edge or it can span the slight gap between the tack. Designed to eliminate your carpet edges from fraying vinyl floor edging from curling.

After the tile is installed put in a tack strip 1 4 to 3 8 inches from the edge of the tile. Carpet can easily be cut and positioned easily or at least it can be moved more more easily than tile especially after the tile has been set into place. Tuck the edge of the carpet into the 1 4 inch gap between the tack strip and the tile using a the stair tool or putty knife and taking care not to snag and unravel the carpet fibers. This video will show a carpet transition turn n tack method the correct way to get great results while roll and staple carpet.

As a rule of thumb make sure to install the tack strip for the carpet about 1 4 to 3 8 inches from the edge of the tile. Position the tack strip 1 4 inch away from the tile and with the tacks on top of the strip pointing toward the tile. Make quick work of creating a smooth transition between two different flooring surfaces with help from trafficmaster. Part of the series.

Add a bead of no fray carpet glue along the thin edge of the remaining carpet it should be about 3 4 inch long and slide this carpet edge under the carpet end cap.