Drawing Carpet Seams

The hot melt seaming tape is a type of tape adhesive with a silicone paper.

Drawing carpet seams.

If you have carpeting installed and this is a problem in some cases it can be repaired. Be sure to subscribe for more info on the carpet. Use a hot melt seaming tape. 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.

Place the new seam tape between the two pieces of carpet and heat the tape with your steaming iron. After rolling place heavy objects such as large books over the rolled area of the seam to hold the carpet in place. Carpet seams showing band appearance along seam. With all seams the nap of the carpet must always run the same direction.

For example a 12 x 12 bedroom with a closet will require two different cuts. For a seam tape fix pull back the two loose pieces of carpet and remove the old seam tape. Carpet seams showing what appears as a band 0f a different shade. Let s break it down.

Press the seams together onto the hot tape and run the iron over the carpet and seam tape below. That s why we use a piece of carpet 12 x 7 to build the fill area. This is a material that you apply onto the edges of your carpet to keep it from coming apart before it is installed. 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.

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. Be sure to subscribe for more info on the carpet installation business. Seam peaking occurs when the seam is set and then stretching occurs as the installation process is. The key to avoiding problems with carpet seams is understanding what they are.

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. We would term an unacceptable seam those that are not flush with each other or cause a gap between the pieces of carpet. Two carpets can be seamed together using a hot melt seaming tape. Below are the 2 methods of seaming carpets together.

Carpet seaming is necessary to join 2 carpets together producing an invisible seam and avoiding unsightly carpet seam gaps. What are carpet seams. Carpeting is generally sold in standard widths which makes it difficult to install without creating seams particularly in large rooms. 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.

In this video i share an easy strategy to cut and seam carpet.