- 1). Measure the length of the wood floor's edge with a tape measure. Subtract 1/8 inch from the measurement. Transfer the total to the reducer's track and molding, placing pencil marks at the appropriate spots.
- 2). Cut the reducer's track and molding with a hacksaw, using the pencil marks as a cutting guide. Save the scrap piece of molding.
- 3). Set the scrap piece of the molding in the space between the wood floor and the carpet, keeping the side of the molding with the track's grooves facing the subfloor. Adjust the scrap molding's position in the space between the wood flooring and the carpet to match the molding's finished position.
- 4). Use a pencil to mark the molding's grooves on the subfloor. Repeat this every 4 to 5 feet along the space between the wood floor and the carpet. Discard the scrap molding.
- 5). Set the wood floor reducer's track in the space between the wood floor and the carpet. Align the track with the pencil marks on the subfloor.
- 6). Secure the reducer track to the subfloor. If the building has a plywood subfloor, secure the track to the subfloor with 1/2-inch wood screws. Place a wood screw every 12 to 18 inches and tighten the wood screws, turning the screws clockwise with a Phillips screwdriver. If the building has a concrete subfloor, mount the track to the subfloor with concrete stub nails. Drive a stub nail every 12 to 18 inches along the track with a hammer.
- 7). Set the wood floor reducer's molding on the track and align the molding's grooves with the track. Press the molding into the track, starting at one end of the molding and working toward the other end without skipping any areas.
- 8). Tuck the end of the carpet under its side of the wood floor reducer, using a putty knife to force the carpet fibers into the gap between the subfloor and the bottom of the molding.
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