Carpet Seaming Techniques

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.

Carpet seaming techniques. 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. Make sure that you match the nap on the pieces of carpet being seamed together. 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.

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. Also adjust the throat to match the thickness of the carpet. The two pieces of carpet should overlap by 2 to 3 inches 5 to 7 6 cm when you lay them down. Similarly if the carpet has a pattern on it that should also be matched.

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. This video and description contains affil. Note that the seam edges of plush and twist pile. 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.

Place a carpet seaming iron under the two pieces of carpet against the carpet seam tape and plug in the iron. Fold one of the pieces of carpeting back onto itself along the seam edge. This is a how to video on how to seam carpet like the pros do. How to seam carpet.