When i have a choice i always opt to install tile before carpeting for a number of reasons first i can install the tile on a straight line that is easy to bring the carpet up to.
What do you put between carpet and tile.
Use a tape measure to measure the distance between the wall and the outer edge of the carpet.
However you can also pull the carpet across the space between the tack strip and the tile s edging.
You will fill in this space with a cut tile.
When you reach the wall you will likely have to trim the perimeter carpet tile to fit the space left between the last tile you placed and the edge of the wall.
How should you detail the edge of a tile floor where it meets a carpet.
Not only that it delivers a flawless transition between carpet and tile but it also hides the edges of the carpet preventing it from being pulled out by accident.
Transition from carpet to another material.
Measure the gap between the carpet tile and the wall.
Using pieces that are thinner than 4 inches 10 cm to fill in the gaps may look strange.
Transition from a thick hard flooring such as hardwood or tile to a thinner hard flooring such as vinyl.
This will hide the unattractive cut edge of the carpeting.
Instead of using a transition piece where the two floors meet pull the carpet tight and wrap the edge underneath.
After the tile is installed put in a tack strip 1 4 to 3 8 inches from the edge of the tile.
The tack strip for the carpet is installed 1 4 to 3 8 inch from the edge of the tile then the edge of the carpet is cut off at the direct tile edge or it can span the slight gap between the tack.
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Tom meehan co author of working with tile taunton press 2011 and a second generation tile installer from harwich mass responds.
You can use staples or w nbsp.
Start at the center and work outward toward the walls laying the tiles in rows within each quadrant of the room.
The next step should be to cut at the direct edge of the tile.
Create a final finished edge on one floor material rather than to transition between two floors.