Carpet Seams Do It Yourself

Next make one inch cuts every two to three feet all the way through to the bottom piece.

Carpet seams do it yourself.

Be sure to subscribe for more info on the carpet. Be sure to subscribe for more info on the carpet installation business. 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. Apply seam adhesive to only one edge of the carpet.

The seam tape should have a center stripe or reference to keep it centered. In iron the right size 4 or 6 inch designed to construct hot melt carpet seams is mandatory. Place the seam tape under the exposed edges. Be sure to keep carpet fiber up and away from the seam sealer.

Complete the seam by butting both sections of the carpet together while the adhesive is still wet allowing the carpet and cushion to make contact with the tape and seam sealer at the same time. Set the iron on 300º 350º depending on the carpet the carpet backing and the seam tape. Seal the unruly carpet edges with a seam sealer. Overlap two pieces of carpet at the seam by about two inches.

Leave the weights in place until the adhesive sets. 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. Drag the heated seaming iron over the tape. Try using a clothes iron and you might as well shoot yourself in the foot.