Carpet Not Nailed Down

Begin at the top of the stairs.

Carpet not nailed down. Carpet tacks are strips of wood designed to hold a carpet in place so that you don t have to nail the carpet directly to the floor. Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be. Carpet works wonders on stairs like this. Cut the carpet padding to place on the tack strips.

If not cut the carpet near the top of the top stair riser. Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage. Nail the tack strips to the wooden subfloor or if installing carpet over concrete use masonry tacks or an epoxy adhesive attach the strips to the floor. The first step before installing carpet tacks is to make sure the floor is clean.

It is difficult to fix unattractive stairs because they do not lend themselves to painting. For wall to wall carpeting carpet tack strips should be installed around the edges of the room leaving a space about the width. Not suitable for heavy rolling traffic or extensive light duty rolling traffic. Tack strips are sometimes called tackless strips because they eliminate the need for using individual carpet tacks to hold carpeting to the floor.

An installer will cut the carpet to fit a room exactly but the carpet is not attached to the floor. If you are pulling up carpet from stairs. Cut to fit carpet installation a cut to fit carpet installation is not a bona fide installation. Grab the cut end of carpet and pull it from the stairs using gloved hands.

Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present.