Tack Down Carpet

Then put the seam tape under the two edges.

Tack down carpet.

Then take your seam iron and run it across the tape. Lift one corner of the carpet with a pair of pliers and gently tease it free of the tack strip photo 1. Step 7 press forward on the knee portion of the tool to stretch the carpet and use a putty knife to tuck the edge of the carpet into the tack strip down in the floor. Cut the carpet with a slotted blade knife so that it is even with the edge of the tile.

If you have tack down carpet in your home it can be hard to remove. Also be careful not to pull the carpet past doorways where you might break a seam. Only remove the ones that were exposed from the carpet pull up inspection. Use the carpet kicker and stretch the carpet over the tacks and past the tack strip by 1 4 inch.

Reach in front of the power stretcher to hook the carpet onto the tack strip. The carpet tack should grip the edges of the carpet through the carpet backing. Step 5 tuck the end of the carpet into the gap between the tack strip and the tile by using a stair tool or a putty knife. Nail each carpet strip to the floor working around the perimeter of.

Push the lever down to stretch the carpet taut. Continue along the wall then trim excess with the wall trimmer and tuck the edge underneath the baseboard. The tacks will grip the backing and hold the carpet in place. Use a scrap board to prevent damage to the baseboard.

This will melt the tape and make it hold the two pieces of carpet together. Wear protective gloves since the tack strips are filled with sharp points. The metal spiked head should face the doorway and the rubber pad should be near your knee. Nail the carpet tack strip to the floor using a hammer.

It s easy to unravel the fibers. The installation process is designed to hold the carpet in place for decades making it difficult to get up without the right equipment. Lay two pieces of carpet directly up against one another. Then you ll be able to grab hold of the carpet and pull it away from all the tack strips like a zipper.

Each tack strip is approximately 4 feet long. Position a carpet kicker tool 3 inches away from the end of the carpet in the doorway. 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.