Drawing Carpet Seams

Carpet seams showing band appearance along seam.

Drawing carpet seams.

This is a material that you apply onto the edges of your carpet to keep it from coming apart before it is installed. 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. Let s break it down. For a seam tape fix pull back the two loose pieces of carpet and remove the old seam tape.

Below are the 2 methods of seaming carpets together. 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. A carpet seam sealer can also be used on your carpet surface. The hot melt seaming tape is a type of tape adhesive with a silicone paper.

Carpet seams showing what appears as a band 0f a different shade. 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. Be sure to subscribe for more info on the carpet. 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. If you have carpeting installed and this is a problem in some cases it can be repaired. Carpeting is generally sold in standard widths which makes it difficult to install without creating seams particularly in large rooms. Be sure to subscribe for more info on the carpet installation business.

Use a hot melt seaming tape. Carpet seaming is necessary to join 2 carpets together producing an invisible seam and avoiding unsightly carpet seam gaps. 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. Place the new seam tape between the two pieces of carpet and heat the tape with your steaming iron.

Press the seams together onto the hot tape and run the iron over the carpet and seam tape below. 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. Two carpets can be seamed together using a hot melt seaming tape. What are carpet seams.

In this video i share an easy strategy to cut and seam carpet. After rolling place heavy objects such as large books over the rolled area of the seam to hold the carpet in place. 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.

We would term an unacceptable seam those that are not flush with each other or cause a gap between the pieces of carpet.