Carpet Seaming Techniques

With the second method the installer uses a specialized seaming iron that directs some of the melted adhesive from the seaming tape under the carpet into the area between the primary and secondary backing sealing the seam.

Carpet seaming techniques.

This video and description contains affil. Each piece of carpet you seam should be at least 4 feet 1 2 m wide. Place a carpet seaming iron under the two pieces of carpet against the carpet seam tape and plug in the iron. Note that the seam edges of plush and twist pile.

Overlap two pieces of carpet at the seam by about two inches. The two pieces of carpet should overlap by 2 to 3 inches 5 to 7 6 cm when you lay them down. Unless the rooms are slightly smaller than width of the carpet the pieces must be seamed joined together into larger pieces to fit the rooms to be carpeted. Make sure the blade in the loop pile cutter is set facing the drop of the carpet to ensure you achieve a tight seam.

With white chalk make a line about 3 4 the width of the overlap or about 1 3 4 inches from the edge of the carpet and then cut along the line. This is a how to video on how to seam carpet like the pros do. Fold one of the pieces of carpeting back onto itself along the seam edge. Mark a straight chalk line two inches from the edge of the carpet on the reverse side to indicate where you plan to cut the.

Depending on the type of tape you use you might need to heat it for several minutes to begin activating the adhesive on the seam tape. How to seam carpet. Carpet is a fabric that is cut off a long roll and then cut again as needed to fit a room or rooms. Follow the tape and iron manufacturer s recommendations for heating times.