Carpet Tacks For Stairs

Carpet on stairs usually requires some sort of hardware.

Carpet tacks for stairs.

Insert three carpet tacks in the center of each stair tread and another tack in each corner making a total of seven tacks. Carpet tackless strips are almost always strips of douglas fir wood usually 4 feet long by 1 inch wide with very sharp nails protruding through them at 60 degree angles and tacks or brads partially sunk in the strip. Prepare your stairs for carpet installation by installing tack strips thin pieces of wood resembling yardsticks with tacks pointing upward. These will grip the carpet backing and hold it in place.

Cut your tack strips into lengths which are 4 inches shorter than the width of your carpet runner. Try prime en hello sign in account lists sign in account lists orders try prime cart. Fasten the treads with carpet tacks if your stairs are already carpeted. To achieve the right grip you need to.

Skip to main content. For example if the stair is 30 inches wide your carpet runner will measure 26 inches wide so your tackless trips must measure 24 5 inches wide.