Carpet Tack Strip Installation Concrete

Tack strips are sometimes called tackless strips because they eliminate the need for using individual carpet tacks to hold carpeting to the floor.

Carpet tack strip installation concrete. Then tuck the carpet edges into the wall corners just below the base edge of the baseboard. Long carpet tack strip for concrete subfloors 100 pack model hd 340 p 8 28 65 28 65. Installation services specials offers local ad. Once the carpet is in place start cutting along the edges.

Ensure that the carpet is well laid over the tack strips so that the nail strips can go into it and hold it into place. Halex tack strip is specified by more architects and contractors than any other competitive tack strip. Wide x 4 ft. 4 install tack into concrete.

Install tackless strips peeling back the carpet as the carpet is pulled back a lot of care is put to avoid destruction of the fiber on the carpet as well as the. It meets the standards prescribed by the carpet rug institute cri 105. Nail the tack strips to the wooden subfloor or if installing carpet over concrete use masonry tacks or an epoxy adhesive attach the strips to the floor. Halex poplar 1 in.

Allow 2 inches of carpet above the edges along the perimeter of the wall. Halex tack strip is made of poplar wood material with pre nailed hi carbon nails. The carpet tacks in tackless strips are needle sharp and can easily cut you. The pins are angled for gripping and securing the carpet after stretching.