Use carpet nails to ensure that they re the proper length and thickness.
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Drive nails into the corners of each tackless strip to secure it to the floor.
1 use a hammer to locate a floor joist within the squeaky section of floor.
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It should be approximately 3 inches longer than the flat portion of your stair so it wraps under the lip of the stair and it must be 1.
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For starters carpeting attaches to the floor along the edges of the walls via tack strips narrow strips of wood covered in hundreds of sharp nails that have enough grip to keep carpeting taut.
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Step 3 cut the carpet padding to place on the tack strips.
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2 tap the carpeted floor with the hammer and listen for dull thud indicating a joist below.