Tuck Roll Carpet Edge

Place most of your weight on your hand over the tack strip area.

Tuck roll carpet edge. Cut the carpet with a slotted blade knife so that it is even with the edge of the tile. Tap the carpet kicker to stretch the carpet in place over the padding and tack strip. Use the carpet kicker and stretch the carpet over the tacks and past the tack strip by 1 4 inch. In essence it is a bar of metal that spans the transition length and is formed like a z so that the edge of the carpet is tucked under one edge.

Step 5 tuck the end of the carpet into the gap between the tack strip and the tile by using a stair tool or a putty knife. Make sure that the carpet is rolled up neatly so that you have a good starting position for your roll edge process. Cut the edge of the carpet so that it reaches the edge of the tile perfectly. Using a carpet cutter and a utility knife photos 10 and 11 cut off the excess after the carpet is completely stretched.

Fold the carpet over the tack strip. Turn the carpet face down and place a metal straight edge along the edge of the carpet to be folded. Step 3 measure the width of the doorway using a tape measure and then cut a carpet tack strip to the same width using tin snips. There are other designs besides the one shown in this image.

Embed the carpet edge firmly in the tack strip and under baseboards by forcing the front edge of the carpet cutter into the carpet and dragging it along the wall. Start from the back side applying the tape where the carpet edge meets the center line of the tape that way you can fold the tape onto the top side. Start by unrolling your carpet and then take it up at one edge and pull it until you have the carpet as flat as possible. Pull the carpet over the top using a knee kicker.

Leave 1 inches of the carpet showing between the straight edge and the edge of the carpet. If the straight edge is wide and long enough kneel on it with one knee to hold it down. This is screwed or nailed to the floor and the. Apply pressure downward on the carpet when stretching it so that it adheres to the tack strip.

Turn the carpet edge around and you should be able to roll it into a suitable pipe shape. If there s already a carpet there cut it just a few inches longer than where you want to meet the tile. After tacking you tamp down the z bar to secure the carpet edge. To turn and finish a carpet edge you use a carpet z bar along with tack strip.

It will be nice and straight if you lay the bar and tack strip straight and are careful when trimming and tucking the carpet. Pull the edge of the carpet back 1 to 2 feet so you can see the underlying subfloor which may be concrete or plywood.