How To Tack Down Carpet On Concrete

Here are the basics of how to install carpet on concrete subfloor.

How to tack down carpet on concrete.

Our flooring specialist ron demonstrates and explains what it takes to install a carpet tack strip on a basement concrete floor. We had some basement flooding a few weeks back. Step 1 install tac strip. The process of installing carpet on concrete is a little bit different from installing it on top of a wood subfloor.

Set your store to see local availability add to cart. How do i replace a carpet tack strip on a concrete floor. Shows and explains how to install tack strip on concrete along with a few helpful tips about what kind and size nails should be used and when. Before you can install carpet on concrete you are going to have to install the proper type of tac strip.

It took about 48 hours the carpet seemed fine but the tack strip is covered in black splotches. Before you install the carpet make sure to check the concrete for any moisture issues that need to be addressed. Wide x 4 ft. Then lay tack strips around the perimeter of the room and install your strips of padding.

Wide x 4 ft. Long carpet tack strip for wood or concrete subfloors 3 pack model hd 161 p 8. The carpet will be connected to the concrete surface via a series of wooden strips to which the carpet is tacked. Halex poplar 7 8 in.

We peeled the carpets back used towels a wet vac fans to get it dry. Tack strips are sometimes called tackless strips because they eliminate the need for using individual carpet tacks to hold carpeting to the floor. Long carpet tack strip for concrete subfloors 100 pack model hd 340 p 8 28 65 28 65. Halex poplar 1 in.

Remove the 3 foot wide carpet sections from the tack strips by shaking the carpet in a back and forth motion while pulling it up from the surface of the floor.