Carpet Tack Strip Into Concrete

Our flooring specialist ron demonstrates and explains what it takes to install a carpet tack strip on a basement concrete floor.

Carpet tack strip into concrete.

I helped a friend lay carpet for two years. The pins are angled for gripping and securing the carpet after stretching. The strips are nailed to the. Shows and explains how to install tack strip on concrete along with a few helpful tips about what kind and size nails should be used and when.

How to cut carpet tack from concrete. Amazon s choice for carpet tack strip. Multiple hits with the hammer will just cause the concrete to crumble. Only 10 left in stock order soon.

If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room. We used the tack strip with concrete nails with no adhesive but i could see how the condition of the concrete might require it. Carpet tack strips are wooden boards installed around the perimeter of a floor to hold carpet in place. Carpet tack strips are pieces of wood with small sharp nails sticking out of them that grip a carpet and hold it in place.

4 install tack into concrete. Halex tack strip is specified by more architects and contractors than any other competitive tack strip. If you decide to remove the carpet you must also pry up the tack strips which are held in place with nails. The carpet tacks in tackless strips are needle sharp and can easily cut you.

The key we found was that you have to get the nail into the concrete in one hit. Halex tack strip is made of poplar wood material with pre nailed hi carbon nails. 2 remove metal carpet nail strips. 4 6 out of 5 stars 51.