Tile Butting Against Carpet

5 fit the z bar right up.

Tile butting against carpet. Use the carpet kicker and stretch the carpet over the tacks and past the tack strip by 1 4 inch. The traditional way of making the tile to carpet transition is with the tuck method. Install tack strips about half an inch away from the edge of the tile. Cut the z bar to the length of this area using a hacksaw.

This style makes use of an invisible aluminum strip tucked under the edge of the carpet with upward protruding spikes that grip the carpet. Step 5 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. Roe osborn then install the tile using a straightedge to keep the edge of the tiles in a perfectly straight line. This is best done after the tile floor has been installed but you can also remodel an existing carpeted floor.

The adjoining ceramic tile butts up against this aluminum track but does not attach to it. This transition strip is designed to join low pile carpet to a ceramic tile floor. Instead you should roll the edge of the carpet back from the tile. Pull back the carpet from the edge of the tiles and measure the length of the area where the two surfaces meet.

Cut the carpet with a slotted blade knife so that it is even with the edge of the tile. First establish the transition line between the carpet and the tile and draw a line.