Carpet/Hardwood border
#1
Carpet/Hardwood border
How is the carpet handled at a hardwood floor reducer?
I have seen only the following technique -
1. Cut carpet so about 6 inches overlaps hardwood floor from point of reducer (reducer is nailed/glued directly to subfloor.
2. Undercut about 6 inches of carpet pad away from reducer (under carpet).
3. Fold excess carpet under where pad is removed and staple fold where it meets the reducer.
This a good technique?
I have seen only the following technique -
1. Cut carpet so about 6 inches overlaps hardwood floor from point of reducer (reducer is nailed/glued directly to subfloor.
2. Undercut about 6 inches of carpet pad away from reducer (under carpet).
3. Fold excess carpet under where pad is removed and staple fold where it meets the reducer.
This a good technique?
#2
It depends what kind of transition molding they used.
An endcap: I would tackstrip and run a bead in the gully with carpet seam sealer latex, before I tucked the carpet to the endcap, or I would use Z-bar and tackstrip with the appropriate height pins.
Same with a reducer or baby threshold. Z-bar is almost the same as turning and tacking, but looks much better and is a more professional installation.
With a "T" molding the carpet tackstrip is nailed next to the molding with enough space to tuck a reasonable amout of carpet under it.
An endcap: I would tackstrip and run a bead in the gully with carpet seam sealer latex, before I tucked the carpet to the endcap, or I would use Z-bar and tackstrip with the appropriate height pins.
Same with a reducer or baby threshold. Z-bar is almost the same as turning and tacking, but looks much better and is a more professional installation.
With a "T" molding the carpet tackstrip is nailed next to the molding with enough space to tuck a reasonable amout of carpet under it.