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  2. Tack strip - Wikipedia

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    Tack strip being removed from a floor. Tack strip also known as gripper rod, carpet gripper, Smoothedge tackless strip, gripper strip or gripper edge is a thin piece of wood, between 1 and 2 metres (3.3 and 6.6 ft) long and about 3 centimetres (1.2 in) wide, studded with hundreds of sharp nails or tacks used in the installation of carpet.

  3. Upholstery hammer - Wikipedia

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    An upholstery hammer (also called a tack hammer) is a lightweight hammer used for securing upholstery fabric to furniture frames using tacks or small nails. The head of an upholstery hammer is narrow and roughly 12-15mm in diameter. [1] Commonly they are cast in bronze with fused steel tips. [2] Many styles of upholstery hammers have two faces ...

  4. Fitted carpet - Wikipedia

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    A "carpet gripper" tack strip, for a fitted carpet. The introduction of tack strip, "tackless strip", "gripper strip", or "Smoothedge" simplified the installation of wall-to-wall carpeting, increasing the neatness of the finish at the wall. Because gripper strips are essentially the same thickness as underlay, using gripper strips yields a ...

  5. Carpet - Wikipedia

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    Since the 19th and 20th century, where necessary for wall-to-wall carpet, different widths of carpet can be seamed together with a seaming iron and seam tape (formerly it was sewn together) and fixed to a floor over a cushioned underlay (pad) using nails, tack strips (known in the UK as gripper rods), adhesives, or occasionally decorative metal ...

  6. Nail (fastener) - Wikipedia

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    Carpet tack; Upholstery tacks – used to attach coverings to furniture; Thumbtack (or "push-pin" or "drawing-pin") are lightweight pins used to secure paper or cardboard. Casing nails – have a head that is smoothly tapered, in comparison to the "stepped" head of a finish nail. When used to install casing around windows or doors, they allow ...

  7. Hook-and-loop fastener - Wikipedia

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    3M Dual Lock RFID transponder attached to car with hook-and-loop fastener The Slidingly Engaging Fastener was developed to address several problems with common hook-and-loop fasteners. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Heavy-duty variants (such as "Dual Lock" or "Duotec") feature mushroom-shaped stems on each face of the fastener, providing an audible snap when ...