Tacks Sticking Up Through Carpet

Use a utility knife to trim off any pad covering the tack strip.

Tacks sticking up through carpet.

Tacks sticking up through the carpet we have advised management several times since the remodel what a poor job that tacks stick up through the cheap indoor outdoor carpet in 16e section ii. Fasten the pad to a concrete floor with carpet pad adhesive and duct tape the seams together photo 2. Don willott owner of don s floor coverings mentions that the typical. We have z bar metals that the carpet wraps around or it can just be tucked between the tack strip and tile if there is enough height difference as is the case for op.

When the tack strips are nailed screwed or glued to the subfloor with the tacks angled toward the wall the tacks will grip the carpet backing and hold the carpet in place as it is installed. Carpet tack strips are lengths of wood usually douglas fir about four feet long and one inch wide. Obviously the thickness of the carpet has a bearing on whether the tacks will be a problem in a walk area. The carpet tack should grip the edges of the carpet through the carpet backing.

Reattach the carpet as you refasten the carpet to the tack strip you need to stretch it toward the wall. 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. 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. Op can do this and the problem will go away.

After the carpet was stretched the installer should have hammered down the pins on the tack strip. What is a carpet tack strip. Beating the tack strip pins down through the carpet will usually work the risk being it may dimple the carpet slightly.