Install Carpet Gripper Strip

Seal the edge of the carpet with latex seam sealer to prevent unraveling.

Install carpet gripper strip.

How to install carpet grippers. Use a carpet tuck tool to make sure the carpet is properly tucked into the carpet gripper. It is used to transition to any adjoining surface that is lies lower the carpet. A carpet edge gripper is an aluminum strip that holds the edge of carpet with sharp metal teeth.

Thus the carpet would have to be secured on the cement floor distance of 12 feet or width of room with what i believe to be a gripper edge. Screw the carpet trim to the floor. I would like to shorten the carpet by 3 feet. An edge gripper is installed by being tacked to the subfloor.

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. Once the carpet is completely tucked remove the spreader and clean up your tools. Install carpet transition strips at thresholds where carpet meets another type of flooring. Measure the threshold and cut the carpet gripper to length with a hack saw.

Use the knee kicker to fit the carpet over the hooks in the carpet. This is where you will tuck the edges of the carpet during installation. Use tack nails and a hammer to secure the metal carpet strips to the flooring. 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. When done properly installing a carpet gripper or transition strip will give your carpet installation job a professionally finished look.