Carpet to tile transition on a concrete floor discussion in flooring potpourri started by jim mcclain may 10 2010.
Transition from carpet to tile on concrete.
Drill the holes 1 inch deep.
Designed to eliminate your carpet edges from fraying vinyl floor edging from curling.
Mark the floor where the transition strip is to be located taking care to allow for any required expansion space as specified by the flooring manufacturer.
The most common method and one you ve probably used countless times before is the tuck in carpet transition to tile.
But when tile and carpet meet there number of tile to carpet transition options increases.
This is screwed or nailed to the floor and the.
Step 2 hold the strip in place while you drill down through the mounting holes on the strip and into the concrete floor with your hammer drill and your 5 32 inch carbide drill bit.
Place the transition strip half over the edge of the carpet and half over the other flooring.
The next step should be to cut at the direct edge of the tile.
Make quick work of creating a smooth transition between two different flooring surfaces with help from trafficmaster.
In essence it is a bar of metal that spans the transition length and is formed like a z so that the edge of the carpet is tucked under one edge.
Most times i can get a better transition that way the same with using crimp down i trim using the inside edge of the metal bump it in and hammer down then work away from it whenever.
After the tile is installed put in a tack strip 1 4 to 3 8 inches from the edge of the tile.
Connect a gap in your flooring or cover connect a gap in your flooring or cover up a seam with the exclusive silver fluted carpet trim from trafficmaster.
This is an amateur demonstration of how i modified a carpet transition to ceramic tile after installing new ceramic tile onto concrete.
Carpet to tile transition.
However you can also pull the carpet across the space between the tack strip and the tile s edging.