Feeling Nails Through Carpet

If you ve stepped on a nail it can be a painful experience.

Feeling nails through carpet.

You must have a low pile carpet to be feeling them come thru. But if significant pressure is put on the carpet like oh i don t know the body weight of an adult human that s. If i walk through the doorway between a carpeted bedroom and a tiled bathroom my bare feet get pricked by nails on the edge of the carpet. And when i run my hand over the nails i don t feel the nails.

Once the carpet is stretched onto the pins they must be tapped over in a doorway tile junction to reduce the problem of feeling the tacks through the carpet. Which leads me to my next point pun. This can make it difficult to walk or. Obviously the thickness of the carpet has a bearing on whether the tacks will be a problem in a walk area.

The worst area is where the carpet meets the laundry room where the carpet transitions to linoleum. These are the nails protruding from the carpet nail strip. Stand up and place your weight on the squeaky spot. I cannot see the nails.

Depending on the severity of the injury the nail can puncture a hole in the sole of your foot. I too have the same problem with our stairs carpet you can feel the spikes through the carpet i did contact the carpet layers and they told me it was because carpets are not as thick as they used to be. They did come round and try to hammer the spikes down. Place a 2 inch finish nail on the mark where you found the joist.

Perhaps just bang them down with a hammer but the carpet may lift over time in this area as your builder has stated. In multiple locations the tack strips are easily poking through the carpet. The little nails on this exposed tack strip aren t at the 45 degree angle that they should be but are mostly pointing straight up. I could live with that but i can also feel the spikes when walking up the stairs without shoes and that is really annoying and uncomfortable.