When I saw that this video was 25 minutes long I immediately assumed that there was going to be way too much needless talking and not nearly enough information. Because of that, I almost did not watch it. I WAS WRONG! Boy am I glad that I DID watch the entire thing! Mr. FBSB has a ton of information in his head and I was able to learn much from him. Thank yoy so much!!!
@@FloorsbySouthernboys great explanation i can see you really care about the proper way to do things really thank you for that cause the passion you show to this really shows in your videos please do an up date
Thanks guys. Right now I'm in a pickle. I hired a guy to install some carpet in an apartment I own. He got everything done except for trimming and tucking one bedroom and he went to lunch. He never came back from lunch. I have his tools, the job is not done and he's in jail for some reason. Why I'm not exactly sure but I've either got to talk someone else into finishing an hours or worth of work or do it myself. From the lack of responses I'm getting from folks I'm thinking I'm doing it myself. These videos should help me a great deal. Now it's off to the trimming 101 video. Thanks again.
Thank you for this video. You tube is an amazing place yes u can socilize yes u can watch drama tv, listen to music, but my favorite part about the internet is being able learning from people like you. ☺
I'm a handyman and learn a ton from tradesmen on youtube; the detail and practical guidance you have in your videos is great, guess I found my go-to flooring channel!
@@FloorsbySouthernboys Mr. FBSB when installing baseboard, do you recommend it be flush with the subfloor or is it best to leave a gap? Baseboard is being installed before carpet. TIA
@@johnk4588 contractors will usually use a piece of the base as a height gauge, and leave it off the floor the thickness of the base. Quite honestly, in some cases that is too high. The gap is better, but I would not recommend exceeding inch gap from the baseboard to the floor.
Fantastic demonstration. Thank you for spending the time to explain in very simple terms without talking at us. I have my stairs to carpet this weekend and shall remember your demonstration. Many thanks..
Thanks for the video, I last laid carpet about 20 years ago when I was the maintenance man at a rental mobile home park. I'm laying new carpet in my living room and I needed a quick refresher for it
You are the man when it comes to laying carpet and the ability to explain it. I do commercial construction myself and have always been taught you are only as good as what you can teach someone else. All the information I have gotten from your videos not only do you explain it very well but also in a manner that seems to be easily retained. I watched a video of yours were you split the fibers before a cut for a seem and I have been able to retain that info a while and teach it to a few people as well. I just want to thank you for what you do and giving great info instead of a bunch of pointless talking.
Great video, this really is a master class in carpet fitting! Looks like instead of telling your carpet fitter how to fit the tack strips, just do these yourself! then get a fitter to install your carpets!
Brilliant video I couldn't believe it you went straight to the detail showing out of how to fit a carpet properly thank you very much I'll be watching your video from now on on keep up with the good work thank you for your help help
H20 carpet hate it lol. Nice example showing the basic for the beginners even thought I still see it done by a lot of installers this day the wrong way lol. Good show Ruben keep up the good work and how to vids👌
The only times you found it right was probably by luck. ....From Ireland, we're all about luck, lol. Thanks, your video was great, I would never have realised what you showed.
I'm not intaller carpet my friend he is and I help up and I want to learn this job in that way I can help up moore thank you men you very generous to explain to us 👌
Awesome video, most people say to raise the baseboard so the installer can tuck underneath the baseboard. But you show how it’s done with it flush! You don’t see a lot of that.
Great video, I'm just getting ready to install some new carpet, and that was a question I had how far to place the tack strip, you definitely answered my questions,THANK YOU!!
Was thinking 25 minutes for tack strip!?? YES! After watching well worth the time! Excellent!! The only thing is now I am confused or 2nd guessing how I should do my trim. Should I be able to just lay the carpet and then install the trim or trim before the carpet 🤔. This carpet is being reinstalled after being pulled to replace subflooring.
Hey thanks for the video, It was a massive help! I was nervous about how to transition my bathroom floor to hallway carpet. I was able to use your steps to get it the way it should look against a saddle transition piece. Maybe not perfect from lack of experience but WAY better than it would have been without your expertise!
Great informative video. I was thinking what the distance would be for a thick carpet or a thin one. I laid a carpet, it was 7mm thick. I used a small piece of gripper for the spacing, where I put it flat on the wall between the gripper and the skirting board while I nailed it down. the thickness of the gripper was about the same thickness as the carpet, 7mm. It worked out really well.
Nice video. Though there are many variables in strip placement. Though you may want to mention the purpose of the bevel on the edge of the strip. Commercial loop pile carpet (1/4 inch or closer) all other carpets no more than 3/8 of an inch . If your fitting somthing thiner than the strip (reducers for some lvps or laminates ) 1/8 of an inch and the bevel on the strip is your friend (if you cut the cpt only a 1/16 of an inch heavy you will be able to tuck and stretch away with confidence.
This was a great video with great explanations! Someone else mentioned it ... but, if I'm installing in a basement without baseboards, what should my distance be?
please do an up date video with all tips and tricks to keep it going i know you want to do an update video lol tell us more america needs to be more independent and it is men like you that keeps society moving good work brother
Ozzstar's Cars No sir I do not, lots of builders do it differently, when I was living in Tucson everything was completely on the floor now that I’m back in Tennessee most things are up about a half an inch
I just pulled up family’s 50 year old jute back carpet. The tack strip was about 3/8” BUT, the carpet was beautifully tucked in behind the strip with a “U” shape - so where yours just butted to the baseboard, this carpet tucked down and then back up the face of the baseboard creating a “U” shape in the gully. I wonder why this isn’t done now.
You should use your stair tool to slide it onto the Tacksticks so the little spikes/nails goes into the carpet before stretching and it would’ve stayed
What about wall vents that come up through the floor along the wall, does the tack strip get nailed down outside of where the vent edges are or does it go underneath and have the vent sit over top of the carpet and tack strip? Great videos, thanks for the help!
Listen carefully starting at 13:45. He explains why he doesn’t show with the thick carpet as it is generally the same for all carpets. Hope this helps.
key takeaway for me here is that when the baseboard is flush with the subfloor, the width of the gulley is defined by the pile height of the carpet? - for your 3/8in gulley, what was the pile height of the plush carpet out of interest please? - I have some tack strip and underlay to fit in a room prior to the fitter coming and the last time i did this i was told my placement was wrong, so keen to get it right this time!
I really enjoy your videos. How far should it be from the drywall in new construction? I was planning on installing the carpet (Berber) before I installed my baseboards. Also, am I going to have trouble stretching without the baseboards? I'm using the same base you have in the video. Thanks in advance from a DIY guy.
orangeandbluehoosier The thickness of the base +3/8 of an inch, you can always lay a 2 x 4 or something against the sheet rock and stretch off of it, so you don’t damage your sheet rock
Definitely not always the case, because some thicker carpet it would exceed more than 3/8, you should never have you tack strip more than 3/8 away from the baseboard
Our carpet was installed and you can feel tacks ALL along the stairs and the perimeter of every room. I know this wasn’t a job well done. Can we do anything about this so we aren’t constantly poked? They won’t come back out and fix it
You can take a hammer and tap them down by tapping on the carpet and it will bend over for tax so you can’t feel them, I would only do this in doorways and on the steps, I would not do it around the perimeter, unless it is two or 3 inches away from the wall
Carpet, knife, power stretcher, knee kicker, seaming iron and some kind of flat weight. You can use a 2 x 6 about a foot-long with some added weight on top. Typically want it to weigh about 10 pounds and that is to go behind your iron as you make your.seam. A hammer stapler for your pad a Carpet tucker to tuck your carpet. Once it is trimmed around the perimeter and a carpet Trimmer would come in really handy as well. Since you are only doing this one job, you should be able to make it with those few tools.
i tried this after watching and now my fingers are all full of holes from the tack strip. can you please make a video on how to bandage up your fingers if they look like hamburger meat
Awesome video! Quick question I have thin carpet in a spare room with the tack strip way off the wall like an inch or more would it be possible to move the tack strip closer to the baseboard and stretch the carpet out? I would only have a knee kick
If your carpet reaches the baseboard now then yes you will not have a problem moving your tack strip closer to the baseboard and installing the carpet back to your baseboard
I am in the middle of a room remodel in my house and was debating whether I sbould lay new carpet and then install baseboard over top. If I take old carpet out and install baseboard, how much room should I leave under the baseboard to then lay carpet after base install? Going to be using a more plush carpet as it is a bedroom. Thanks.
I'm doing a remodel. Also I'm going to installing new carpet and replacing trim. The current trim is against the concrete slab. Tack strips about 5/16 to 3/8 from trim. What is your recommendation for proper trim installation? I thought about having carpet installed and then placing trim on top of carpet. I've also been concerned about the current trim sitting flat against the concrete. Not sure the best look and installation for the trim. Thank you in advance for your help.
As long as you are not putting your trim on top of the Tackstrip and Carpet, you will be fine raising it up off the floor about 3/8 to 7/16 of an inch. If your trim is already down, like you say it will not be an issue to work your carpet directly to your trim. As long as your tax trip is not really far away from your trimmed, I would just leave everything as it is. Yes, your tax strip is in good shape.
@@FloorsbySouthernboys Does the door casing need to be off the floor about 3/8 to 7/16? I'm planning on replacing all the baseboards. I was going to installing them 7/16 off the floor. However my door casing trim and door jam are currently flush against the concrete. I didn't know if this should be raised to have uniform appearance with the newly installed baseboards. What would be your suggestion?
Good morning! Recently a company installed my second floors carpet! I think they didn’t do it properly, watching you video I reconfirmed that I was right! They put a second track stripes with one inch apart from the original one that’s was on the floor! With this is like four inches away of the wall! I ask to the installer if that’s was right because I do most of the repairs in my house, I have general knowledge of how things are done because I watched several videos! I complain and I talked to the people that represent the company and they told me that’s when is a big room they do it that way for better grip, after all this I don’t know what to do! Or to whom to go because they dint do a proper installation and I pay 10,000 for the whole thing, on top of that every time I go up or down the stairs I fell the track strips and is really painful because I’m bare foot in my house! Please help me and give me some orientations because I feel that they are not right and I feel impotent! Ty so much, pardon for the long written but I try much info possible! With gratitude María
That is most definitely not right, even if you are in a large room you should never have a space between the two tack strips, I never use to tack strips anyway it really is not necessary unless you’re installing a really high-end carpet such as Axminster or something like that, not sure on what to tell you other than hire someone other than them to come remove the strips and fill the void with carpet padding and restretch your carpet back up, if your steps are done that way as well then you will probably just have to Completely redo your steps, usually there is no saving the carpet on the steps when you have to pull it off
Tank you so much I feel much better having an expert opinion, I went today an complain, they are sending some inspector, the carpet is regular, nothing fancy! On top of that I have ants coming to one of the rooms that I never have before, I don’t know! From the bottom of my heart tank you so so so much for you help!
@@mariaroa1835 If you are having an inspector come hopefully they are not the one paying him and hopefully it is from the mill , There is no way an inspector will let that fly you should be fine with getting it fixed
That’s wrong in the uk I’m not saying it’s wrong in the USA but in the uk. We space our gripper/tackstrip a third of the thickness of the carpet to British standards. Great videos pal been watching for s while.
When I saw that this video was 25 minutes long I immediately assumed that there was going to be way too much needless talking and not nearly enough information. Because of that, I almost did not watch it. I WAS WRONG! Boy am I glad that I DID watch the entire thing! Mr. FBSB has a ton of information in his head and I was able to learn much from him. Thank yoy so much!!!
Thank you sir I’m glad you stuck it out, and more so I’m glad that you learned from it, thank you for your comment
I agree wholeheartedly
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great explanation i can see you really care about the proper way to do things really thank you for that cause the passion you show to this really shows in your videos please do an up date
@@seniorpooter7924 I just recently did another one on tack strip
@@petedehlinger5478 😀👍
You have a teacher’s heart. You develop a a clear understanding of the finer points of your craft.
I've been doing carpet for 16 years this has been the most informative video I have ever seen in my life on tack strip placement
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Thanks guys. Right now I'm in a pickle. I hired a guy to install some carpet in an apartment I own. He got everything done except for trimming and tucking one bedroom and he went to lunch. He never came back from lunch. I have his tools, the job is not done and he's in jail for some reason. Why I'm not exactly sure but I've either got to talk someone else into finishing an hours or worth of work or do it myself. From the lack of responses I'm getting from folks I'm thinking I'm doing it myself. These videos should help me a great deal. Now it's off to the trimming 101 video. Thanks again.
Great video, Sir. Love to see a southern man give insight, and real world examples of how to do this! Thank you.
Thank you
You, Sir, are an excellent teacher. Thanks for the tips.
Jared Smith You’re welcome, and thank you
Thank you for this video. You tube is an amazing place yes u can socilize yes u can watch drama tv, listen to music, but my favorite part about the internet is being able learning from people like you. ☺
You’re welcome buddy
Fantastic video.... and now I know my carpet installer is a dope and is getting called back.
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Just a remarkable job explaining and demonstrating how to properly install. Thank you!
Lowell Heinlein thank you
Great job bro!
Definitely a good teacher. I learned alot.
Thankyou
Your teaching videos are excellent, nice job Ruben.
teh60 Thank you sir, I hope it was beneficial
I'm a handyman and learn a ton from tradesmen on youtube; the detail and practical guidance you have in your videos is great, guess I found my go-to flooring channel!
thank you sir
Perhaps the only video on youtube on this topic that goes into so much detail. Thanks!
Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate all those different scenarios. Really appreciate it.
Josh B. You’re welcome, thank you for watching and I especially appreciate your feedback and I hope it helped
Great vid, exactly what I was looking for. I really appreciate the time you took to give a detailed explanation 👍
Dave Hedgehog thank you sir , glad it helped
@@FloorsbySouthernboys Mr. FBSB when installing baseboard, do you recommend it be flush with the subfloor or is it best to leave a gap? Baseboard is being installed before carpet. TIA
@@johnk4588 contractors will usually use a piece of the base as a height gauge, and leave it off the floor the thickness of the base. Quite honestly, in some cases that is too high. The gap is better, but I would not recommend exceeding inch gap from the baseboard to the floor.
@@FloorsbySouthernboys thanks! If the baseboard is already installed flush with the subfloor is that a problem? Should I raise it or not worth it?
@@johnk4588 no, don’t worry about it leave it like it is, it will be fine
Excellent demonstrations and instructions!
Fantastic demonstration. Thank you for spending the time to explain in very simple terms without talking at us. I have my stairs to carpet this weekend and shall remember your demonstration. Many thanks..
CaGeN M Good luck my friend I hope it all goes well
Thanks for taking your time to explain all this so clearly setting the rigs up highlighting the errors fabulous hope your hand heals god bless👍🏻
Sweet Vuvuzela thank you
Thank you for explaining and demoing the do’s and don’t’s and the why’s and why not’s!
Thanks for the video, I last laid carpet about 20 years ago when I was the maintenance man at a rental mobile home park. I'm laying new carpet in my living room and I needed a quick refresher for it
You are the man when it comes to laying carpet and the ability to explain it. I do commercial construction myself and have always been taught you are only as good as what you can teach someone else. All the information I have gotten from your videos not only do you explain it very well but also in a manner that seems to be easily retained. I watched a video of yours were you split the fibers before a cut for a seem and I have been able to retain that info a while and teach it to a few people as well. I just want to thank you for what you do and giving great info instead of a bunch of pointless talking.
Really glad you are benefiting from these videos, thank you for sharing this
This man is a master installer i've been slaying carpet 4 over sixteen years and I'm always learning something new from his videos
Great video, this really is a master class in carpet fitting! Looks like instead of telling your carpet fitter how to fit the tack strips, just do these yourself! then get a fitter to install your carpets!
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Best Carpet Video on you Tube
Wow thank you
What a brilliant video! Thank you sir.
Greetings from the UK 🇬🇧🇺🇲
Awesome thank you sir
Love your videos, thank you for making so many. As a newer installer I reference your channel a lot!
Awesome
This was a very useful instructional video! Thank you very much for explaining the physics behind laying a carpet.
You’re welcome sir
Thank you for such a very, informative video. My confidence of installing tack strips is allot higher thanks to you.
Brilliant video I couldn't believe it you went straight to the detail showing out of how to fit a carpet properly thank you very much I'll be watching your video from now on on keep up with the good work thank you for your help help
Thank you
If you are going to write a book about fitting in carpet I would like to buy one
Fantastic instructional video. Thank you.
Answered almost every question. Thanks.
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Thanks for your time , your detailed and your truthful heart.
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H20 carpet hate it lol. Nice example showing the basic for the beginners even thought I still see it done by a lot of installers this day the wrong way lol. Good show Ruben keep up the good work and how to vids👌
Jerrid Hawkins Thank you sir, I hate that carpet to
Thank you very much for the help , very well explained
😀👍glad to help
The only times you found it right was probably by luck. ....From Ireland, we're all about luck, lol. Thanks, your video was great, I would never have realised what you showed.
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Thank you sir for teaching me something that will help me a lifetime
You’re welcome, glad it helped
Fantastic video! You explained things so clearly, simply and with excellent camera angles! Thank you!
Gary M Thank you and I hope it helped you
This a brilliant instruction video! Well done Sir 👍👍
Thank you
I'm not intaller carpet my friend he is and I help up and I want to learn this job in that way I can help up moore thank you men you very generous to explain to us 👌
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I appreciate you! Just closed on a new home and the carpenters definitely did not install the carpet correctly.
zer0visua1 😮
Who uses a carpenter to lay carpet?
What an awesome video. Thank you! You're a fantastic teacher!
Diane R. Thank you
Outstanding! So much excellent information. Thank you so much.
You’re welcome, I’m glad it helped
Great work! Fantastic information here
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Thank you! ... your demonstration was very well done ...
Thank you, this is very helpful
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very informative! best tack strip video on youtube!
J Jander Thank you glad it was helpful
great explaining the details all info I need to know in this video it's great keep up the great work
Brass company Awesome, thank you sir
Great demonstration! I see your playing with the water proof cpt there
shawn moore Thank you sir, and yeah that’s what I had on hand
Awesome video, most people say to raise the baseboard so the installer can tuck underneath the baseboard. But you show how it’s done with it flush! You don’t see a lot of that.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
Wow this is great. What a pro
Wow thanks I will be watching all your videos little tips big help those who wants to learn 👍👍
Thanks, and your Exactly right
Nice video... I use to do carpet here in Detroit and I hated when the house had quarter round moldings.
Same here
🎉❤ thank you for this video. You are amazing.
Great video, I'm just getting ready to install some new carpet, and that was a question I had how far to place the tack strip, you definitely answered my questions,THANK YOU!!
Was thinking 25 minutes for tack strip!?? YES! After watching well worth the time! Excellent!!
The only thing is now I am confused or 2nd guessing how I should do my trim. Should I be able to just lay the carpet and then install the trim or trim before the carpet 🤔. This carpet is being reinstalled after being pulled to replace subflooring.
Install trim first
Awesome video!
THANK YOU , I HOPE IT HELPS
Great video man. Love the details!
UA-cam teaches a lot !!!
Yup
awesome video for sure yup just little bit of a handy man guy for sure an do my own projects thanks for all the video sir awesome
Brass company 👍😀 awesome, good luck buddy
@@FloorsbySouthernboys thank you
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Thanks very informative. rob
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It's a good idea on commercial carpet to stretch it all in before you do your cut in!!!
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Hey thanks for the video, It was a massive help! I was nervous about how to transition my bathroom floor to hallway carpet. I was able to use your steps to get it the way it should look against a saddle transition piece. Maybe not perfect from lack of experience but WAY better than it would have been without your expertise!
Great tips, thank you.
Thank you sir
excellent detail.
Thank you
Great informative video.
I was thinking what the distance would be for a thick carpet or a thin one. I laid a carpet, it was 7mm thick. I used a small piece of gripper for the spacing, where I put it flat on the wall between the gripper and the skirting board while I nailed it down. the thickness of the gripper was about the same thickness as the carpet, 7mm. It worked out really well.
Excellent presentation
Nice video.
Though there are many variables in strip placement.
Though you may want to mention the purpose of the bevel on the edge of the strip. Commercial loop pile carpet (1/4 inch or closer) all other carpets no more than 3/8 of an inch .
If your fitting somthing thiner than the strip (reducers for some lvps or laminates ) 1/8 of an inch and the bevel on the strip is your friend (if you cut the cpt only a 1/16 of an inch heavy you will be able to tuck and stretch away with confidence.
Very well said my friend
Prep is always key, to have a good install.
William S Gilbert So true
I would love to come and work for U and pick your brain been installing carpet for 25 years and always learning about it every day
Awesome , Never stop learning
This was a great video with great explanations! Someone else mentioned it ... but, if I'm installing in a basement without baseboards, what should my distance be?
3/16 or a quarter inch will be perfect for most carpets
Very informative video i really appreciate you taking the time to put do this
Glad you enjoyed it
How close should it be when laying that type of carpet ?
@@martinking4476 about a quarter or three eights of an inch gully
@@FloorsbySouthernboys Thank you
@@martinking4476 You’re welcome
please do an up date video with all tips and tricks to keep it going i know you want to do an update video lol tell us more america needs to be more independent and it is men like you that keeps society moving good work brother
replying to my own comment to say skip no detail the more i watch the more i learn so yea do a new and improved video same setup same guy lol
Thank you sir I recently did another video on tack strip
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Thank you so much for your videos!!!
Robert Schenck 😀👍
Thank you so much, really helpful!
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Amazing THANK YOU so much important info!
Do you have a video on how high the baseboard should be mounted off the top of the sub floor? Thank for sharing your knowledge
Ozzstar's Cars No sir I do not, lots of builders do it differently, when I was living in Tucson everything was completely on the floor now that I’m back in Tennessee most things are up about a half an inch
Awesome video. I gave you a 👍
Thank you
Another FIINNNEEE video from FBSB..✌
Matt Williams Thank you sir I appreciate that, hope you enjoyed it and was able to benefit from it
I just pulled up family’s 50 year old jute back carpet. The tack strip was about 3/8” BUT, the carpet was beautifully tucked in behind the strip with a “U” shape - so where yours just butted to the baseboard, this carpet tucked down and then back up the face of the baseboard creating a “U” shape in the gully. I wonder why this isn’t done now.
IT SEEMS THAT THE CARPET YOU PULLED UP WAS CUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN I LIKE TO CUT IT
You should use your stair tool to slide it onto the Tacksticks so the little spikes/nails goes into the carpet before stretching and it would’ve stayed
Rubbing your stair tool across the tack strip damages the pins
What about wall vents that come up through the floor along the wall, does the tack strip get nailed down outside of where the vent edges are or does it go underneath and have the vent sit over top of the carpet and tack strip? Great videos, thanks for the help!
Did I miss something; or, did you miss showing the proper tack strip placement for the thicker carpet when the baseboards are elevated?
Listen carefully starting at 13:45. He explains why he doesn’t show with the thick carpet as it is generally the same for all carpets. Hope this helps.
key takeaway for me here is that when the baseboard is flush with the subfloor, the width of the gulley is defined by the pile height of the carpet? - for your 3/8in gulley, what was the pile height of the plush carpet out of interest please? - I have some tack strip and underlay to fit in a room prior to the fitter coming and the last time i did this i was told my placement was wrong, so keen to get it right this time!
I really enjoy your videos. How far should it be from the drywall in new construction? I was planning on installing the carpet (Berber) before I installed my baseboards. Also, am I going to have trouble stretching without the baseboards? I'm using the same base you have in the video. Thanks in advance from a DIY guy.
orangeandbluehoosier The thickness of the base +3/8 of an inch, you can always lay a 2 x 4 or something against the sheet rock and stretch off of it, so you don’t damage your sheet rock
Thank you sir!
3/8 is perfect..... great video, do a quarter round video also, I know many people who have trouble tucking to quarter round
William S Gilbert That’s a good idea, I think I have one but I can’t remember
Easy to remember. Keep tack-strip away from wall 3/4 the thickness of your carpet.
Definitely not always the case, because some thicker carpet it would exceed more than 3/8, you should never have you tack strip more than 3/8 away from the baseboard
Good video.
Hon Estman Thank you
Our carpet was installed and you can feel tacks ALL along the stairs and the perimeter of every room. I know this wasn’t a job well done. Can we do anything about this so we aren’t constantly poked? They won’t come back out and fix it
You can take a hammer and tap them down by tapping on the carpet and it will bend over for tax so you can’t feel them, I would only do this in doorways and on the steps, I would not do it around the perimeter, unless it is two or 3 inches away from the wall
I'm going to lay a carpet in my house. Can you share the names of the tools you used?. Thank you
Carpet, knife, power stretcher, knee kicker, seaming iron and some kind of flat weight. You can use a 2 x 6 about a foot-long with some added weight on top. Typically want it to weigh about 10 pounds and that is to go behind your iron as you make your.seam. A hammer stapler for your pad a Carpet tucker to tuck your carpet. Once it is trimmed around the perimeter and a carpet Trimmer would come in really handy as well. Since you are only doing this one job, you should be able to make it with those few tools.
i tried this after watching and now my fingers are all full of holes from the tack strip. can you please make a video on how to bandage up your fingers if they look like hamburger meat
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good info thanks
What about the thick carpet with the raised baseboard? I was wanting to see you do a test on that incident.
No more than 3/8 away
@@FloorsbySouthernboys Thank you
Awesome video!
Quick question I have thin carpet in a spare room with the tack strip way off the wall like an inch or more would it be possible to move the tack strip closer to the baseboard and stretch the carpet out? I would only have a knee kick
If your carpet reaches the baseboard now then yes you will not have a problem moving your tack strip closer to the baseboard and installing the carpet back to your baseboard
@@FloorsbySouthernboys thanks for the tip! Got it fixed and where it should be! I appreciate you responding!
@@travelinnate2761 You’re welcome, glad you got it took care of
Ruben u should do same video but on a stair too small a gap too large a gap
That’s a good idea
Should i knee-kick / stretch the carpet before trimming against the baseboard?
Only missed 1 example, installing the strip and Carpet before the baseboard is installed.
I am in the middle of a room remodel in my house and was debating whether I sbould lay new carpet and then install baseboard over top. If I take old carpet out and install baseboard, how much room should I leave under the baseboard to then lay carpet after base install? Going to be using a more plush carpet as it is a bedroom. Thanks.
I'm doing a remodel. Also I'm going to installing new carpet and replacing trim. The current trim is against the concrete slab. Tack strips about 5/16 to 3/8 from trim. What is your recommendation for proper trim installation? I thought about having carpet installed and then placing trim on top of carpet. I've also been concerned about the current trim sitting flat against the concrete. Not sure the best look and installation for the trim. Thank you in advance for your help.
As long as you are not putting your trim on top of the Tackstrip and Carpet, you will be fine raising it up off the floor about 3/8 to 7/16 of an inch. If your trim is already down, like you say it will not be an issue to work your carpet directly to your trim. As long as your tax trip is not really far away from your trimmed, I would just leave everything as it is. Yes, your tax strip is in good shape.
@@FloorsbySouthernboys Does the door casing need to be off the floor about 3/8 to 7/16? I'm planning on replacing all the baseboards. I was going to installing them 7/16 off the floor. However my door casing trim and door jam are currently flush against the concrete. I didn't know if this should be raised to have uniform appearance with the newly installed baseboards. What would be your suggestion?
Good morning!
Recently a company installed my second floors carpet! I think they didn’t do it properly, watching you video I reconfirmed that I was right! They put a second track stripes with one inch apart from the original one that’s was on the floor! With this is like four inches away of the wall!
I ask to the installer if that’s was right because I do most of the repairs in my house, I have general knowledge of how things are done because I watched several videos! I complain and I talked to the people that represent the company and they told me that’s when is a big room they do it that way for better grip, after all this I don’t know what to do! Or to whom to go because they dint do a proper installation and I pay 10,000 for the whole thing, on top of that every time I go up or down the stairs I fell the track strips and is really painful because I’m bare foot in my house!
Please help me and give me some orientations because I feel that they are not right and I feel impotent! Ty so much, pardon for the long written but I try much info possible! With gratitude María
That is most definitely not right, even if you are in a large room you should never have a space between the two tack strips, I never use to tack strips anyway it really is not necessary unless you’re installing a really high-end carpet such as Axminster or something like that, not sure on what to tell you other than hire someone other than them to come remove the strips and fill the void with carpet padding and restretch your carpet back up, if your steps are done that way as well then you will probably just have to Completely redo your steps, usually there is no saving the carpet on the steps when you have to pull it off
Tank you so much I feel much better having an expert opinion, I went today an complain, they are sending some inspector, the carpet is regular, nothing fancy! On top of that I have ants coming to one of the rooms that I never have before, I don’t know! From the bottom of my heart tank you so so so much for you help!
@@mariaroa1835 You’re welcome, I really hope they get it sorted out for you
@@mariaroa1835 If you are having an inspector come hopefully they are not the one paying him and hopefully it is from the mill , There is no way an inspector will let that fly you should be fine with getting it fixed
That’s wrong in the uk I’m not saying it’s wrong in the USA but in the uk. We space our gripper/tackstrip a third of the thickness of the carpet to British standards. Great videos pal been watching for s while.
paul dale Yeah things are quite a bit different over there, thank you for watching and thank you for your feedback I appreciate that