Tack Carpet At Tile

Measure the width of the doorway using a tape measure and then cut a carpet tack strip to the same width using tin snips.

Tack carpet at tile. 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. Step 4 insert a tube of heavy duty construction adhesive into a caulking gun. Tiletabs high tack carpet tile adhesive. Use the carpet kicker and stretch the carpet over the tacks and past the tack strip by 1 4 inch.

With our tiletabs simply peel place and press. The next step should be to cut at the direct edge of the tile. Snip the last 1 2 inch off the tube nozzle using scissors. J j flooring s high tack tiletabs allow installation and replacement of flooring without the use of spread adhesives.

Find tack strip carpet accessories at lowe s today. Cut the carpet with a slotted blade knife so that it is even with the edge of the tile. The tack strip for the carpet is installed 1 4 to 3 8 inch from the edge of the tile then the edge of the carpet is cut off at the direct tile edge or it can span the slight gap between the tack.