Carpet Install Strip

Install carpet pad so that any seams will be at right angles to those in the carpet.

Carpet install strip.

Long carpet tack strip for wood subfloors 100 pack. Once the padding is in place staple it down every 2 feet and duct tape the seams together. Best seller halex poplar 1 in. Just be prepared to take your time and make sure you have the right tools which you can rent.

Next unroll the carpet padding from one side of the room to the other and slice it off with a box cutter. Use a staple hammer tacker to fasten the carpet pad against the edge of the tack strip. Determine whether you have the proper transition strip for the flooring that meets your carpet. The packaging will tell you whether the strip is designed to be used for carpet to carpet carpet to hardwood carpet to vinyl or carpet to ceramic.

Installing carpet is a job you can do yourself to save money. Two types of stretchers are essential to a good carpet installation. Wide x 4 ft. A long power stretcher that will brace against the walls to stretch the carpeting taut across the entire room and a knee kicker that will help you push the edges into corners and over the tack strips around the perimeter of the room.