I’m finishing up on 50 yds. of carpet installing but I’ve stopped at the seaming step.
I’m using a Kanga-back carpet and have a 12′ seam that is noticeable. Does the factory edge have to be cut back? What is the best aproach to only cutting off an inch or so. Concerned with the foam backing not cutting clean and being perfectly straight.
Is double face tape still the best seaming material?
Edited 9/11/2006 12:32 pm ET by hammer
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isn't there some iron you can use that heats up the tape underneath?
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I've seen a iron used with jute backed carpet. Would that work on Kaga-back or will it melt the foam backing?
I cut off the factory edge last night. Used a drywall square and a wallpapering knife. That worked much better than the carpet knife. The seam is almost invisible. Now looking at the best way to keep it together.
I know absolutely nothing about laying carpet, except how to watch it being done. Oh yea, I delivered carpet when I was in high school and that's about as close as I got. Question...sometimes when I'm attempting to cut sheet goods at a joint or seam, I overlap the two pieces by an inch or so and use a utility knife to cut both pieces at the same instant with one long smooth cut along the line where the seam is located. After removing the waste pieces, the two remaining halves fall together with almost no noticeable cut line. Would this technique work with carpet installation to help avoid the pitfalls of trying to cut the two pieces separately and make them fit tightly together after the cut?
Since I already had the carpet right side up I would have to first cut thru the pile to get to the backing. Not sure if I could keep the knife from angling when cutting tru over an inch of both piles.
The factory edge cut was very sraight so I followed that edge but cut from the back so the pile was not trimmed back. I'm happy with the results.