Carpet Tacks Sticking Up

Start with a clean area.

Carpet tacks sticking up.

Wet carpet pad is like a big sponge. Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1. Wide x 4 ft. Flimsy wood tack strips yield easily to a sharp utility knife so you can replace pieces.

There are really sharp carpet tacks sticking up all along the edges. 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. Run a fan or two to dry the carpet. Please enter in your email address in the following format.

Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Once the tacks hold the carpet bend the tips so that the tacks won t stick into your feet as you walk. Halex poplar 7 8 in. 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.

Continue pulling the carpet off the tack strip by hand until you can fold back the entire wet section. Get 5 off when you sign up for emails with savings and tips. Loosen the carpet from its anchor whether a tack strip or metal cap. You have to get rid of it asap.

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. 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. The tacks will grip the backing and hold the carpet in place. Fold back about 3 ft.

Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner.