Drawing Carpet Seams

A carpet seam sealer can also be used on your carpet surface.

Drawing carpet seams.

The hot melt seaming tape is a type of tape adhesive with a silicone paper. This works best in cases where you have carpet seams coming out from the corners or ends of the carpet that need to be placed back in their original spots. Use a hot melt seaming tape. The band will be 4 to 6 wide the width of the thermal plastic seaming tape the band will be on both sides of the seam and directly above the seaming tape.

After rolling place heavy objects such as large books over the rolled area of the seam to hold the carpet in place. Carpeting is generally sold in standard widths which makes it difficult to install without creating seams particularly in large rooms. Carpet seaming is necessary to join 2 carpets together producing an invisible seam and avoiding unsightly carpet seam gaps. Press the seams together onto the hot tape and run the iron over the carpet and seam tape below.

Place the new seam tape between the two pieces of carpet and heat the tape with your steaming iron. This is a material that you apply onto the edges of your carpet to keep it from coming apart before it is installed. We would term an unacceptable seam those that are not flush with each other or cause a gap between the pieces of carpet. In the diagram below see how carpet pieces a b and c are cut with a straight edge and then seamed together to create one long 4 x 21 piece for the fill area.

For a seam tape fix pull back the two loose pieces of carpet and remove the old seam tape. When two separate pieces of carpet or differents type of flooring are installed in the same room a seam is created where both pieces meet. As you move down the seam with the iron roll over the joined seam behind the iron using a seam roller to press the carpet edges into the tape adhesive and ensure they lie flat. The key to avoiding problems with carpet seams is understanding what they are.

That s why we use a piece of carpet 12 x 7 to build the fill area. If you have carpeting installed and this is a problem in some cases it can be repaired. Below are the 2 methods of seaming carpets together. For example a 12 x 12 bedroom with a closet will require two different cuts.

Be sure to subscribe for more info on the carpet. Carpet seams showing band appearance along seam. While it is impossible to make seams completely invisible choosing certain carpet types and patterns can draw attention away from seams making them less noticeable. Leave the weights in place until the adhesive sets.

In this video i share an easy strategy to cut and seam carpet. Be sure to subscribe for more info on the carpet installation business. What are carpet seams. Seam peaking occurs when the seam is set and then stretching occurs as the installation process is.

Two carpets can be seamed together using a hot melt seaming tape.