The adjoining ceramic tile butts up against this aluminum track but does not attach to it.
Tile to carpet transition on concrete.
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.
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.
Drill the holes 1 inch deep.
The traditional way of making the tile to carpet transition is with the tuck method.
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.
Cut the edge of the carpet so that it reaches the edge of the tile perfectly.
I chose not to use a.
Step 2 apply a 1 4 inch wide line of construction adhesive to the bottom of the transition strip where it will rest on the concrete.
The next step should be to cut at the direct edge of the tile.
Designed to eliminate your carpet edges from fraying vinyl floor edging from curling.
This style makes use of an invisible aluminum strip tucked under the edge of the carpet with upward protruding spikes that grip the carpet.
This is an amateur demonstration of how i modified a carpet transition to ceramic tile after installing new ceramic tile onto concrete.
This transition strip is designed to join low pile carpet to a ceramic tile floor.
Place the transition strip half over the edge of the carpet and half over the other flooring.
Carpet can easily be cut and positioned easily or at least it can be moved more more easily than tile especially after the tile has been set into place.
This is best done after the tile floor has been installed but you can also remodel an existing carpeted floor.
Make quick work of creating a smooth transition between two different flooring surfaces with help from trafficmaster.
If there s already a carpet there cut it just a few inches longer than where you want to meet the tile.