Carpet Patch Over Tack Strip

Flimsy wood tack strips yield easily to a sharp utility knife so you can replace pieces.

Carpet patch over tack strip. Trafficmaster hardwood 3 in. Staples to reinstall the pad and a tin snips or a chisel to cut the new tack strips to length photo 4. Reattach the carpet as you refasten the carpet to the tack strip you need to stretch it toward the wall. It ll cut off carpet edges more cleanly and accurately than a utility knife.

If you decide to remove the carpet you must also pry up the tack strips which are held in place with nails. Step 5 remove the carpet tack strips. Trafficmaster silver fluted 36 in. Carpet tack strips are wooden boards installed around the perimeter of a floor to hold carpet in place.

If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room. A little goes a long way. Trafficmaster hardwood 1 7 16 in. Carpet transition strip 23 model hw87172 22 92.

Cut the donor carpet to match and glue the perimeter of the carpet backing with gorilla glue. Fasten the pad to a concrete floor with carpet pad adhesive and duct tape the seams together photo 2. Trafficmaster silver hammered 144 in. Some people have a hard time with this step but i ll show you how to remove carpet tack strips the easy way with three simple tools.

Loosen the carpet from its anchor whether a tack strip or metal cap. And use a putty knife to tuck the edge of the carpet into the tack strip down in the floor. Watch out for the tack strip. Seam binder 38 model hw87536 13 86.

Use the 6 in 1 painter s tool and a hammer to lift one end of one of the strips. It has sharp nails. Economy knee kicker https amzn to 2nfpkoc 31 47 carpet tack strip 3 pack https amzn to 2u8bos0 8 16. Use a utility knife to trim off any pad covering the tack strip.

Go over the patch with a carpet brush and remove any loose fibers from the edge of the carpet. Place a straightedge on top of the carpet and cut along the line using a utility knife to trim off the excess. If the patch is to be applied against a wall and the room has baseboard molding your two options are. On a wood subfloor all you need is a staple gun and 5 16 in.

Pick somewhere to start either a corner or a break between two tack strips. Start with a clean area. In addition to these tools you ll need a pry bar to remove the tack strip photo 3 a stapler with 5 16 in.