Cutting Aluminum Carpet Trim

Trim the 1 4 inch edge of the carpet off with a utility knife.

Cutting aluminum carpet trim.

Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade. Transition strips are used between rooms on the interior of a house. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. If you only have a few pieces of aluminum trim to cut you can cut through the trim with an inexpensive handsaw.

In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. All types of aluminum trim are readily cut with standard saws although certain types of power saws will require carbide blades. 4 sand the edges of the transition strip to remove any sharp edges or burrs. Cut the transition strip using a hacksaw or a multipurpose tool equipped with a hardwood sheet metal cutting accessory.

This d i y video use a schluter metal trim shows how to cut aluminum trim for an outside corner or how to cut trim 45 degree to install as a threshold on th. Unlike cutting other types of metal use a saw blade that. Hot metal chips will fly. They transition between two different flooring materials such as carpet to hardwood.

Cut the aluminum transition bar to fit across the length of the doorway with a hacksaw. Use the straightedge as a guide.