Sorry but this Blog is backwards. So start from the bottom.
This is what the finished product should look like.
When cutting the carpet ,it must be cut at best an 1/8th inch longer or overlapping the hardwood. This gives you some carpet to "tuck" in between the wood and the tack strip.
The next step is to CAREFULLY cut the carpet. There is also a tool called a carpet trimmer which is much safer but can easily cut the carpet too short if you don't cut slow.
Cut the padding back far enough so your lenght of tackstrip can be put in place about1/4 inc from the turn board at the door way.was in the picture.
Most hardwood installers will fold back the carpet and padding so it is out of the way for ease of installation.This set of pictures will show you how to finish your new hardwood floor to the existing carpet. I get a few calls a month asking me to send some one out to tuck the carpet to their new hardwood. I am going to try and explain the steps taken to finish this.
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Your step by step is backward. Step 1 is at the bottom of the page and the last step is at the top. I don't know how they do it in IL, but everywhere else we read from top to bottom, not bottom to top.
It was my first blog. Ill fix it. Thank you
You have done great with carpeting the hardwood, though we need to be extra careful not to get the carpet dirty or wrecked.
I hope you'd post some tips on carpet cleaning Shreve. A lot of people do some exchange of ideas when it comes to cleaning the carpet. More people will read your blogs if you keep on posting interesting topics like this.
Came here from your youtube video (too dark for me to see, really) but thanks for the tips and photos here. Wanted to check to see if I made any wrong assumptions so wrote up steps working forward in time but backwards to this page.
1. Carpet should have 2"? 3"? overlapping hardwood to start with.
2. Nail strip 1/4" away from hardwood making sure tacks point away from the bulk of the carpet. They should point outward toward the hardwood.
3. Use knee kick to stretch carpet toward strip.
4. Use (what tools?) to get carpet to stretch over and catch onto tacks? Stair tool? Fingers? Stair tool in one hand, press with fingers of other?
5. Cut carpet very straight leaving 1/8" extra or a bit more, overlapping the hardwood.
6. Tuck extra into the gap between the strip and the hardwood (using what tool)?
Thanks for your help.
2 to 3 inches is fine. I try to cut stairs in long runs and start at the bottom stair to eliminate having to trim at riser or at least as little as possible. After kicking, use stair tool or some installers use a hammer to "run' across the tackstrip to set the "pins" on the strip. Cut the extra carpet with a carpet trimmer or a carpet knife at the crease of the stair then using the stair tool and a hammer, hammer the carpet in the crease, with the stair tool, to a nice straight seam. As you go up each stair use the stair tool to "tuck" the carpet in the crease at each raiser if it does not need to be trimmed.
very awesome information.
I need to get new flooring in my home. I want to get carpet installed throughout it. Thanks for posting about how to do this. I need to make sure that it gets installed correctly.
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