Install Carpet Gripper Strip

Use a carpet tuck tool to make sure the carpet is properly tucked into the carpet gripper.

Install carpet gripper strip.

Screw the carpet trim to the floor. A carpet gripper also referred to as a tack strip is a long strip of wood about 1 4 inch thick and 1 inch wide that contains several sharp pins or tacks. It is used to transition to any adjoining surface that is lies lower the carpet. When done properly installing a carpet gripper or transition strip will give your carpet installation job a professionally finished look.

If you are nailing into concrete use concrete nails to secure the strips. At present the family room carpet is attached to a tackless strip that is secured on the wooden floor. Leave a gap the thickness of the carpet s pile between the gripper strip and the wall. Measure the threshold and cut the carpet gripper to length with a hack saw.

How to install carpet grippers. Use tack nails and a hammer to secure the metal carpet strips to the flooring. Use the knee kicker to fit the carpet over the hooks in the carpet. A carpet edge gripper is an aluminum strip that holds the edge of carpet with sharp metal teeth.

An edge gripper is installed by being tacked to the subfloor. Lay out the metal carpet strip along the edge of the guide string and use a hacksaw to trim any excess carpet strips. This is where you will tuck the edges of the carpet during installation. Install carpet transition strips at thresholds where carpet meets another type of flooring.

Once the carpet is completely tucked remove the spreader and clean up your tools. I would like to shorten the carpet by 3 feet.