Carpet Patch Over Tack Strip

Carpet tack strips are wooden boards installed around the perimeter of a floor to hold carpet in place.

Carpet patch over tack strip.

Cut the donor carpet to match and glue the perimeter of the carpet backing with gorilla glue. Reattach the carpet as you refasten the carpet to the tack strip you need to stretch it toward the wall. Flimsy wood tack strips yield easily to a sharp utility knife so you can replace pieces. Step 5 remove the carpet tack strips.

On a wood subfloor all you need is a staple gun and 5 16 in. If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room. Go over the patch with a carpet brush and remove any loose fibers from the edge of the carpet. If you decide to remove the carpet you must also pry up the tack strips which are held in place with nails.

Use the 6 in 1 painter s tool and a hammer to lift one end of one of the strips. Trafficmaster hardwood 1 7 16 in. Economy knee kicker https amzn to 2nfpkoc 31 47 carpet tack strip 3 pack https amzn to 2u8bos0 8 16. In addition to these tools you ll need a pry bar to remove the tack strip photo 3 a stapler with 5 16 in.

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Start with a clean area. Trafficmaster hardwood 3 in. Place a straightedge on top of the carpet and cut along the line using a utility knife to trim off the excess. Fasten the pad to a concrete floor with carpet pad adhesive and duct tape the seams together photo 2.

Trafficmaster silver hammered 144 in. And use a putty knife to tuck the edge of the carpet into the tack strip down in the floor. Carpet trim 179 model 18562 6 84. Watch out for the tack strip.

A remove the baseboard and reinstall it after laying down the carpet patch or b leave the baseboard in place and install the tack strip 1 4 away from the baseboard as described in the next step. If the patch is to be applied against a wall and the room has baseboard molding your two options are. It ll cut off carpet edges more cleanly and accurately than a utility knife. Seam binder 38 model hw87536 13 86.

Use a utility knife to trim off any pad covering the tack strip. A little goes a long way. Pick somewhere to start either a corner or a break between two tack strips.