Carpet Seaming Techniques

Make sure the blade in the loop pile cutter is set facing the drop of the carpet to ensure you achieve a tight seam.

Carpet seaming techniques.

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. Note that the seam edges of plush and twist pile. Carpet is a fabric that is cut off a long roll and then cut again as needed to fit a room or rooms. Also adjust the throat to match the thickness of the carpet.

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. Fold one of the pieces of carpeting back onto itself along the seam edge. Each piece of carpet you seam should be at least 4 feet 1 2 m wide.

Overlap two pieces of carpet at the seam by about two inches. 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. Make sure that you match the nap on the pieces of carpet being seamed together. This video and description contains affil.

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. Place a carpet seaming iron under the two pieces of carpet against the carpet seam tape and plug in the iron. The two pieces of carpet should overlap by 2 to 3 inches 5 to 7 6 cm when you lay them down. This is a how to video on how to seam carpet like the pros do.