This style makes use of an invisible aluminum strip tucked under the edge of the carpet with upward protruding spikes that grip the carpet.
Transition between tile and carpet.
We cut it down to fit the door opening installed as instructed and voila.
It works best after the tile floor is installed however you can also apply it if there s already a carpet.
When tiling to an existing carpeted floor install the tile to within about an inch of the carpet.
Then install a wooden transition strip to bridge between the two floors.
Fold the flap of carpet under itself using construction adhesive to keep the flap from unfolding.
The most common method and one you ve probably used countless times before is the tuck in carpet transition to tile.
That s all it took to make it work.
After that use the tack strip to hold it in place.
Then use a knee kicker so that the carpet has extra edging allowing it to be pushed into the space.
However you can also pull the carpet across the space between the tack strip and the tile s edging.
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.
This transition strip is designed to join low pile carpet to a ceramic tile floor.
Tim healey tile to carpet transition.