HOW TO INSTALL TACK STRIP ON CONCRETE 

How about using a pneumatic powder driven tool for the nails in concrete?

Thank you sir , After you do enough of it you kind of get the feel of the concrete and you can decipher what size nails will hold in which concrete

Yeah. Especially swinging that hammer for a few hours. 💪

Thank you sir appreciate it and yeah I definitely agree with you what you said about the tax strip, that’s a real good idea to pull it out a little bit instead of placing it under the baseboard

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if the old smoothedge holes are that close id say there was never a skirting board there but i do like the gap idea makes some sense

Yeah but if he puts the tack stirps 7/8 back from the wall it won't be installed right

@@michaelcawley2716 7/8” from the DRYWALL. Not from the baseboard. In the video there was no baseboard. You have to leave room for the baseboard. That way you are not trapping the carpet between the tack strip and baseboard. Hope this helps.

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Footballer10K 😮 And most of the time that is the issue, confident, even with myself if I get nervous or scared say if I am hammering next to a tile or something really nice I will be nervous and not swing my hammer as I would if I was jjust nailing up against a regular wall and I will usually not sink the nail right even though there is no difference in the nail, I have to put that out of my head and just swing regularly and everything goes smooth

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sausage man Dude that is so awesome so glad your customers are noticing I don’t want to say I told you so but I told you so you do the quality work spend the extra time your customers will be more than satisfied and will recommend you to their friends good job man

FloorsbySouthernboys don't get a big head now!😂 you are right doing a job right is always the best way, to know that I've left a job "yeah" may of taken me 30minutes longer but I'm at home knowing I did everything I could to do the job right and that's a good feeling, especially when that customer has recommended me to another. Even when I do a job now when a previous fitter has slashed the base board with his knife and because i now use my trimmer to cut the carpet I can't be blamed for that!! I don't know what it's like where you guys are but in the UK people here like to moan about the smallest of things so it's always good to have your back covered!! Keep your videos coming even do day to day jobs I enjoy watching a true craftsman at work. 👍

sausage man That is so awesome dude I’m glad that you have seen the light your business and your reputation will grow according to the job that you do couldn’t be prouder to make a difference like that in someone’s life thank you for taking this serious

FloorsbySouthernboys dude I have children to feed so I have no choice. But I'm so happy to meet a like minded individual that has a passion for his craft, I believe that people like us are a dying breed no body has passion anymore everything is built for speed and financial gain not for longevity! But on the plus side that's good for people like us. Thank you for sharing you tips and tricks on RU-vid, most people would keep it to themselves but you've gone out of the way to put these videos up and share your skills that have taken you years to perfect. 👍

sausage man That’s awesome and if you keep up the good craftsmanship no matter if it takes longer like I said before customers will see you at appreciate it and recommend it and you will definitely see a difference in your clients and your clients attitude and everything you’re definitely gained from it

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Rick S Yeah well I am not too proud to say this is a hard job floor covering is extremely hard on your body

ive been doing carpet for thirty years i reckon ive done enough to go around the world maybe a cocple of times

Sometimes but not often

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sausage man Well I got some good news for you I just spent my day today I’m doing this really awkward curved up round with the Carvery fireplace and Carvey tile in it and I got it all on video for you so it’ll take me a bit to get it together because it was so long of a video of it off to the point where my my battery went dead plus I got a bunch other video at today every stretching and stuff so I got a lot of footage today but I got that one room especially for you

If I can add my two cents, I would change your screen name/avatar because I, for one, won't take you seriously with a name like 'sausage'.

Prime the the gripper area around the room then use gripfil evo stick or a quick setting adhesive mate

did you use concrete nails those tracks come with nails for timber floors and concrete timber floor nails will bend on concrete

Yeah that’s your only option for stuff like that

About a quarter inch plus the thickness of your trim

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maybe but you rarely leave a video without all the info you need

Carl Maddox yes sir new zbar witch is the metal and new tack strip witch is the grabber and a few extra 10 gauge 5/8 nails,

Gary Mcgarity Awesome, thank you for sharing

thomas samples That’s it, it’s made by Crain

@@FloorsbySouthernboys cheers for that! Bin in the flooring trade for a year now got to say I've found your videos really helpful while Still learning

thomas samples Thank you for sharing that buddy, appreciate it

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keep ya chin up champ there s allways someone to talk to somewhere

Tons of them

UK concrete is shocking at times

Yea nothing more frustrating

I was just going to post the same. Gripfil and nail every time 👍👍

I’ve done this method for over eight years, very few times did I have to glue

@@FloorsbySouthernboys my previous bosses said the same thing. Then I would go give their smooth edge a little bump and everything would pop off. Their smooth edge was worse than mine.

@@thomasolson7447 😮 I power stretch everything, that is definitely not the case

Glad it was helpful!

George Voikos I understand, it is a rare occasion that I have issues with it and if I do I will usually glued it down, once you get the feel of different types of concrete you can kind of figure out what size nails won’t work after the first piece of tack strip

Hammer drill 7/8 aluminum pins if you're having problems.😎

The advice I read was use a dowel like a Rawl plug and drill, stick the appropriate size dowel in and then pin to that

Jet tack , no hammer or loud drill. It's pricey but coming from a Commercial flooring guy it's easier to me. Fuzzy side up!

Kathryn Howard Thank you I really appreciate that

G Man JR Awesome, good luck my friend

John gleason They are made by crane you can actually see them in this video I just have to Velcro straps they don’t have any hard pieces of them, completely fabric that’s why I like them

I love those knee pads

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Jake Minty Big D‘s floor covering supplies but you can also order them from tools 4 flooring

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Yes, it will work better. Also if you cut the tack strip in pieces about a foot long.

Michael Silva OK I’m glad you got it figured out good good job

all concrete can be nailed into if its not broke all up

my concrete breaks up.. Ive tried 3/4" and 1" nails. Local stores don't carry the 1/2" nails

HUSTLEHARD PARTYHARD ! Thank you sir and yup

They do, but you have to make sure you are buying concrete smoothedge and not timber smoothedge they both have different nails

Ally Bamma I’m sure you’re not talking about one of my videos, that is definitely incorrect putting it 5 inches away, I use my index finger as a gauge the thickness of my fingertips touching the floor and then the tack strip touching my finger, which is about a 1/4 to 3/16 of an inch From the wall

FloorsbySouthernboys ok thanks , yeh I said the guy , it wasn't you or anything to do with you. Thankyou 👏😀

Ally Bamma you’re welcome

You can use the same tech strip you might just have to use longer nails, but do you want to definitely use 10 gauge nails

Farris Holyfield I’m not sure what part of the country you in but if there is a flooring supply store in your area you can probably find them there, the box stores usually don’t have the 1/2” they usually only have the 5/8”

Farris Holyfield www.tools4flooring.com/premier-pfn-1458-1-2-10-gauge-concrete-nails-5-lb-bag.html

FloorsbySouthernboys thank you! And thanks for the response!

bilskro OK I asked to have a couple jobs coming up next week that I need to tack strip so I will do a more in-depth video if possible thank you for the recommendation and I’m sorry this one was not very thorough and the instructions and explaining

I am a property manager so I don't install everyday, so maybe there is a learning curve to hammer in those nails. I have tried every thing I can think of to just be able to hammer those nails in and it never works for me, so I end up gluing or using a concrete drill bit and aluminum nails to fasten them down. I was thinking of investing in that Gundlach stand up nail drive and seeing if that worked. But when I try what you did and just hold the tack strip and hit the nail with a hammer, my success rate is around 10% a best. If there was a reasonable priced tool that allowed me to just be able to quickly fastened those strips to concrete without drilling or gluing I would buy it in a second.

bilskro I understand, Unfortunately I think it’s just a matter of practice but I can give you a few more pointers or tips on things that might help , I’ll put together another video of this coming week on the subject

I just installed carpet in a large room that I had to seam. This time I went and bought shorter concrete nails and I was actually able to hammer them in. BTW bought that magnetic punch tool, which is great. Not sure if it was the concrete or the shorter nails that allowed me to be able to hammer them in without busting up the concrete. The issue I had this time was I could not get a perfect seam no matter what I treid. I would request you make a Very DETAILED video on how to get a perfect seam with Polyester plush carpet for a 16' seam. First let me tell you what I did. I cut the carpet using a row finder, as that is the way I hear others say to properly do it without damaging fibers that occurs when you straight cut the carpet from the back. I used different row finding tools. I even tried to reconstitute the original row spacing by switching blades. In fact I used the same tools as shown in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J5MoJXvkjV8.html I tried row cutting 4 times on each side and I never could get it to not jump a row no matter what I did. So I went with the best least jump I could and tried to straight cut areas that were off. Also the rows are not straight. If I use a straight edge on the back those rows are not straight, so if you cut along the row you are not getting a straight cut. I can take a picture of this and show it. The problem is when I put the 2 carpet to be seamed when I fit one section another section of carpet peaks up due to it being slightly longer. I took my time and pushed the carpet such that the backing of each side was touching, but not overlapping as I ran the seaming iron. I will take a picture of how it came out and post it. It is not horrible, but I wanted it to be perfectly unnoticeable. The only way I can see to get the 2 pieces of carpet to align perfectly would be to straight cut both carpets on the back over 16' and I thought that might be difficult to do and get it perfect.

bilskro I have a ton of videos on seaming have you looked at them, maybe there is something in those that could help you, carpet is not made perfectly so anytime you Row cut it will not be perfectly straight, you will have to work with the carpet as you’re saying it together by pushing it Apart and pulling it in as you go m.ru-vid.com/group/PLTexTOxiUK8_MSjjBeLE0HZII95Z5IPD- Maybe these videos will help

Yes, you will need to primer it once maybe twice and then glue the tack strip with construction adhesive. Gyp Crete is to dry and powdery for adhesive if you do not primer first.

@@FloorsbySouthernboys Makes sense now. After looking into it. i found that the spiral nails are 1-1/4" long so they would probably just not go through concrete, and they were designed that long for 2" thick gypcrete pours in commercial floors. Glad i didnt buy a box of those first! Glue it is (with primer), with a few concrete nails to hold it a bit.

if its only one layer of tile you will be fine , if its two or more your nails wont get a good enough bite on the concrete to hold a stretch in carpet

Thanks for the quick response its only one layer.

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Daniel Schoon Thank you sir

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Tiffany's Creations 😀Thank you, glad you enjoyed it

yw thank you

carpet guy 1970 Power hold, if you watch this video I show the box so you can see what kind and what it looks like. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NBaMRBrxmQ4.html

I definitely have and it’s not pretty

so have I and not much fun

t money Yes sir, one time so hard that it blew the end of my thumb out

same

@@FloorsbySouthernboys yes looks like road kill

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esmokebaby Do you have the proper tack strip

@@FloorsbySouthernboys idk but I fingerd it out I switched to the smale 10 gauge one 5/8 I think and they work until I get to a broken spot lol

esmokebaby 👍At that point it needs to be glued

@@FloorsbySouthernboys iam having trouble with metal transition trim gluing seems my best option do you think it will hold without any screws

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Sounds like a good idea

Omar Campos The nails are use our 10 gauge nails and depending on the concrete you will want to use half-inch or a five eights which is most common or 3/4 very rarely 1 inch

Hammer drill carbide drill bit 7/8. aluminum pins can find the proper supplies at any flooring supply store.😎👍 only if all else is failing you.

Use grippfil evo stick or a quick setting adhesive...cut your gripper into small strips say 6 inches, remove nails and stick the gripper down. Use primer before applying glue around the edges of room. WARNING ⚠️ IN SOME OLD PROPERTIES IN THE UK GAS PIPES ,HOT WATER PIOES,ELECTRIC CABLES COULD BE BURIED NEAR THE SURFACE OF CONCRETE .ALWAYS GLUE IF IN DOUBT

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I have had this hammer for almost 20 years, I’m not a lumberjack, I don’t use a hatchet LOL

please explain

Larry TerHaar I am by no means trying to be rude but I think it’s just the way that professionals do it, someone that is not too familiar with the trade my choose to use a ram set gun, if that is what you’re talking about

FloorsbySouthernboys I am by no means trying to be rude either I can see that you are a professional. Many of your techniques are exactly what I was taught about 10 years back. So I'm just asking your preference in hand nailing over what I call a "whammy bar" which I personally have found it more efficient aswell as it seems to do just as good a job!

Larry TerHaar I know what you’re talking about now, I have just never tried one

After my extensive Google research I figured out that is called a standing concrete nail driver it's basically a huge Slide Hammer with a magnetic tip. I however cannot find out how to add a picture to these comments and the only video on RU-vid I see if somebody using it really don't know what they're doing lol.

FloorsbySouthernboys they work great easy on the thumbs I know what you mean by it is very important to hold the tack strip tight to the concrete will putting in the nails the slide hammer allows you to put down force on the strip will raising the inner shaft and driving the mail and pretty good. I think the most overrated part of putting tack strip on concrete is the different size nails you have to be able to read the concrete and pick the correct size nail I know many of experience installers that carry one size renal and struggle to get tack strip to set correctly! If you ever do try one be sure to do a video of it I'd love to know the opinion of someone with your experience and skill!

there is a link for it in the description

You’re welcome

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@@jb-es5zj you’ll blow your arm out otherwise