When i did a carpet installation course we were always told not to install tack strips in walk way areas due to the problems arising such as nails sticking out after the carpet starts to wear.
Carpet tacks sticking up through carpet.
Actually the way the carpet installers finish those tacks when they do it right is they take the edge of their tucking chisel or the side of a hammer head and rake it across the tacks.
In multiple locations the tack strips are easily poking through the carpet.
The quick fix is to take a hammer and flatten the tacks either with the carpet in place or after peeling back the carpet.
The carpet tack should grip the edges of the carpet through the carpet backing.
Which leads me to my next point pun.
We have carpet in the family room that abuts vinyl flooring laundry room and bathroom and hardwood flooring kitchen where the carpet meets both of these surfaces the tacking strip nails have begun to stick up completely through the carpet.
Entirely up to the customer home owner really.
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 little nails on this exposed tack strip aren t at the 45 degree angle that they should be but are mostly pointing straight up.
I assume this is where carpet transitions to tile or wood.
Once the carpet is rolled out and installed it has to be tacked down.
This curls the sharp points over both locking the tacks onto the carpet and dulling them so that they don t poke your feet through the carpet.
Wet carpet pad is like a big sponge.
There are really sharp carpet tacks sticking up all along the edges.
You have to get rid of it asap.
Tear out the soggy pad first go to the corner nearest the wet area grab the carpet with pliers and pull the carpet off the tack strip.
However the carpet may stay if the carpet can just barely be tucked against the tile or wood.
After the carpet was stretched the installer should have hammered down the pins on the tack strip.
That s the gripper rods spikes that means either carpet is to thin wrong gripper rods used or glue should have been used.
When we have to repair these areas we were taught to remove the strip and to directly stick the carpet down using carpet glue a lot safer and lasts longer.
However the tacks will not be holding the carpet in place anymore.
Continue pulling the carpet off the tack strip by hand until you can fold back the entire wet section.
However it s not so unusual if you press very hard along edges of a carpet to feel the spikes but they shouldn t be sticking right through if that s what.
The carpet is usually placed over a carpet pad.
