Transition Between Tack Pad Carpet Ceramic Tile

Make quick work of creating a smooth transition between two different flooring surfaces with help from trafficmaster.

Transition between tack pad carpet ceramic tile.

However you can also pull the carpet across the space between the tack strip and the tile s edging. Designed to eliminate your carpet edges from fraying vinyl floor edging from curling. This hardwood tile to carpet transition piece looks great stained and is just the perfect transition piece we needed to join our tile floors to the carpet. 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.

The hardwood strip is unfinished and can be stained to match the color of the laminate flooring. Cut the edge of the carpet so that it reaches the edge of the tile perfectly. Then use a knee kicker so that the carpet has extra edging allowing it to be pushed into the space. Pull the carpet over the top using a knee kicker.

All you have to do it remodel the existing carpet so that it accommodates the transition strip. As a rule of thumb make sure to install the tack strip for the carpet about 1 4 to 3 8 inches from the edge of the tile. Ceramic tile floors tend to be higher than laminate floors because tile is installed over cement board while laminate usually lies over a thin foam underlayment. We cut it down to fit the door opening installed as instructed and voila.

After that use the tack strip to hold it in place. A z bar transition is a another great option for carpet to tile flooring. Be careful not to unravel the carpet fibers. The underside of the strip has a lip on either side with one sitting on top of the carpet while the other sits on the tile.

Tuck the edge of the carpet into the 1 4 inch gap between the tack strip and the tile using a the stair tool or putty knife and taking care not to snag and unravel the carpet fibers. That s all it took to make it work. If you would like to be certain that the carpet will never come up place a bead of latex glue inside the gap between the tack strip and the carpet. This transition strip features molding with offset grooves to match the differing thicknesses of the flooring.

When the complete length of the transition has been successfully tucked run a bead of latex glue inside the crevice between the carpet and the tile to ensure that the carpet stays in place and does not come up.