Invisible Carpet Join

Carpet seaming is necessary to join 2 carpets together producing an invisible seam and avoiding unsightly carpet seam gaps.

Invisible carpet join.

Properly joined carpet seams should stay together for the life of the carpet. Use a hot melt seaming tape. This transition strip is designed to join low pile carpet to a ceramic tile floor. After the tile is installed put in a tack strip 1 4 to 3 8 inches from the edge of the tile.

The tape has an adhesive back that you must heat with a special tool. Lay a straightedge along the chalk line and cut through the carpet with a carpet knife or utility knife using the straightedge as a guide for the knife. 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. A very uniform straight cutting line is essential to make the seam as invisible as possible.

The next step should be to cut at the direct edge of the tile. Carpeting is generally sold in standard widths which makes it difficult to install without creating seams particularly in large rooms. Carpet can easily be cut and positioned easily or at least it can be moved more more easily than tile especially after the tile has been set into place. This style makes use of an invisible aluminum strip tucked under the edge of the carpet with upward protruding spikes that grip the carpet.

The tape has an adhesive back that you must heat with a special tool which you can rent. Silver fluted 36 in. The trick to joining carpet is to make the seams as invisible as possible. Designed to eliminate your carpet edges from fraying vinyl floor edging from curling.

Arrange the two pieces of carpet you are. Be sure to cut down a single line of backing threads as you work. Durable carpet tape helps create the carpet joints. Two carpets can be seamed together using a hot melt seaming tape.

Carpet trim connect a gap in your flooring or cover up connect a gap in your flooring or cover up a seam with the exclusive silver fluted carpet trim from trafficmaster. The adjoining ceramic tile butts up against this aluminum track but does not attach to it. The hot melt seaming tape is a type of tape adhesive with a silicone paper.