Tacks Sticking Up Through Carpet

Fasten the pad to a concrete floor with carpet pad adhesive and duct tape the seams together photo 2.

Tacks sticking up through carpet.

Op can do this and the problem will go away. Tacks sticking up through the carpet we have advised management several times since the remodel what a poor job that tacks stick up through the cheap indoor outdoor carpet in 16e section ii. Once the carpet is stretched onto the pins they must be tapped over in a doorway tile junction to reduce the problem of feeling the tacks through the carpet. Use a utility knife to trim off any pad covering the tack strip.

After the carpet was stretched the installer should have hammered down the pins on the tack strip. What is a carpet tack strip. On a wood subfloor all you need is a staple gun and 5 16 in. Beating the tack strip pins down through the carpet will usually work the risk being it may dimple the carpet slightly.

Reattach the carpet as you refasten the carpet to the tack strip you need to stretch it toward the wall. Press down on the carpet firmly without using a hammer so the tacks don t break or bend before they get hold of the carpet. The carpet tack should grip the edges of the carpet through the carpet backing. Carpet tack strips are lengths of wood usually douglas fir about four feet long and one inch wide.

Once the carpet is rolled out and installed it has to be tacked down. Obviously the thickness of the carpet has a bearing on whether the tacks will be a problem in a walk area. The tacks will grip the backing and hold the carpet in place.