Cutting Aluminum Carpet Trim

They transition between two different flooring materials such as carpet to hardwood.

Cutting aluminum carpet trim. Cut metal with your circular saw. Transition strips come in various sizes and materials with one of those materials being metal. In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. Cut the transition strip using a hacksaw or a multipurpose tool equipped with a hardwood sheet metal cutting accessory.

Cut the aluminum transition bar to fit across the length of the doorway with a hacksaw. All types of aluminum trim are readily cut with standard saws although certain types of power saws will require carbide blades. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. Use the straightedge as a guide.

4 sand the edges of the transition strip to remove any sharp edges or burrs. 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. You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in. Transition strips are used between rooms on the interior of a house.

Hot metal chips will fly. Unlike cutting other types of metal use a saw blade that.