Install Carpet Reducer On Concrete Slab

How to install a wood floor reducer next to a carpet.

Install carpet reducer on concrete slab.

The molding has a track that you will drill into the concrete. To make the project even more affordable it is possible to install your carpet yourself saving yourself the expense of hiring a contractor to perform this work. Before you install the carpet make sure to check the concrete for any moisture issues that need to be addressed. Then lay tack strips around the perimeter of the room and install your strips of padding.

To install carpet on concrete choose a carpet that is constructed of synthetic products only as natural fibers are often too absorbent. The chosen fiber material type should be a synthetic form such as olefin face fiber. Transition strips are used to finish hardwood and laminate floor edges where the product meets an existing floor in a doorway and are typically cut to fit and then nailed in place or snapped into a track that has been screwed to the floor. When you re installing carpeting next to an existing hardwood floor you can often make the transition by tucking the carpeting right next to.

Any carpet fiber style from plush to loop can be applied to a concrete floor. Reducer molding makes it easy to transition from laminate to carpeting when you lay flooring on concrete.