How Was My Carpet Installed?

Nailed, this method has been phased out but was commonly used from the 1940s – 1980s, Long nails hold the carpet down at the perimeter of the room making it incredibly hard to remove.

Stapled, this method has been phased out but was commonly used from the 1920s to 1990s, staple gunned carpet has hundreds, if not thousands of long staples holding the carpet down at the perimeter of the room, making it incredibly hard to remove. It may also have “Brown Hessian Underlay” underneath, which may contain ASBESTOS.

Glued, when the carpet is glued down, it’s mostly only in commercial areas, such as offices, or when Carpet Tiles are used.

Smoothedge, also known as a tack strip, gripper rod, carpet gripper, tackless strip, gripper strip or gripper edge. Smoothedge Is a thin piece of wood, between 1 and 2 metres (3.3 and 6.6 ft) long and about 3 centimetres (1.2 in) wide.

Smoothedge is a pinned timber edging strip that holds the stretched carpet to provide a smooth edge at perimeter walls, for use on both concrete or timber subfloor. Smoothedge instantly grips the carpet and allows for immediate stretching. For installing carpet with no anchor nails or staples required. Studded with hundreds of sharp nails or tacks used in the installation of carpet. The tack strip is nailed, tack side up, to the perimeter of the area being carpeted to help keep it tight.

Smoothedge is the “new” / most commonly used method to install carpets in residential properties. Since the other installation methods have been phased out. So in properties from the 1990s or older, it will always be smoothedge.

After the underlay is installed, the carpet is cut to fit, stretched over the area and firmly anchored to the edges of the floor by the sticks of smooth edge. The strip has two functions: to grip the carpet and permanently hold it in place, and to jam the carpet edge into the gap between the tack strip and the wall, giving it a finished look with little effort. This method allows a high-quality, long-lasting installation to be completed quickly and easily.

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