Tack Down Carpet

Use a scrap board to prevent damage to the baseboard.

Tack down carpet.

Getting rid of it can be simple with the help of an experienced removal service equipped with specialized machinery and skill. 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. The metal spiked head should face the doorway and the rubber pad should be near your knee.

Then take your seam iron and run it across the tape. Reach in front of the power stretcher to hook the carpet onto the tack strip. It s easy to unravel the fibers. Also be careful not to pull the carpet past doorways where you might break a seam.

Nail each carpet strip to the floor working around the perimeter of. This will melt the tape and make it hold the two pieces of carpet together. Cut the carpet with a slotted blade knife so that it is even with the edge of the tile. The installation process is designed to hold the carpet in place for decades making it difficult to get up without the right equipment.

Lift one corner of the carpet with a pair of pliers and gently tease it free of the tack strip photo 1. Tackless strips have at least three nails that run opposite the tacks. Then you ll be able to grab hold of the carpet and pull it away from all the tack strips like a zipper. Position a carpet kicker tool 3 inches away from the end of the carpet in the doorway.

Lay two pieces of carpet directly up against one another. Continue along the wall then trim excess with the wall trimmer and tuck the edge underneath the baseboard. Once the carpet is rolled out and installed it has to be tacked down. If you have tack down carpet in your home it can be hard to remove.

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. Each tack strip is approximately 4 feet long. The tacks will grip the backing and hold the carpet in place. Wear protective gloves since the tack strips are filled with sharp points.

Nail the carpet tack strip to the floor using a hammer. Push the lever down to stretch the carpet taut. Then put the seam tape under the two edges.