Seams are visible especially when you know where they are.
Carpet seams visible.
Press the seams together onto the hot tape and run the iron over the carpet and seam tape below.
Carpet seaming is done in more obvious spots.
Failure to explain in advance where the seams will be.
Wait for several hours before removing the weights or walking on the carpet.
This video will help explain what causes seam peaking.
For a seam tape fix pull back the two loose pieces of carpet and remove the old seam tape.
Do not apply too much as you only want to cover the spot that the seam itself is located at.
Make sure the seam sealer moves into the raw edges of the carpet as you get the surface sealed up right.
The reality is that carpet seams are unavoidable.
While this is an admirable goal invisible seams should never be promised.
Step 2 select the same carpet for all adjoining rooms.
Place the new seam tape between the two pieces of carpet and heat the tape with your steaming iron.
Place the new seam tape between the two pieces of carpet and heat the tape with your steaming iron.
Berber carpet should be cut lengthwise along the bias never cut with a cross seam as it will be more noticeable.
For a seam tape fix pull back the two loose pieces of carpet and remove the old seam tape.
Failure to explain why a carpet seam is not guaranteed to be invisible.
Carpet seams showing is often the difference between and ordinary carpet installation and a masterpiece.
A seam should have the carpet backings flush to each other without gaps and without overlaps.
Wide gaps and overlaps.
They are even more visible when you know where they are.
Essentially this is a temporary issue caused by stretching.
Add a seam sealer material around the backing area or the floor base.
Cross seams on berbers should be avoided if reasonable.
Peaking can cause seams that are visible but not a seam that is inferior.
Unlevel seams in the carpet.
Gaps are left at the end of the seams.
Failure to match any patterning in the carpet.
Sunlight will flow over seams that run toward windows minimizing their visibility but will highlight or accentuate any valleys between carpet sections that run perpendicular to windows.
While invisible carpet seams are not always possible it is the goal of many great installers to construct invisible seams.
Seams are visible when they are used to install your carpeting.
Open the area around the carpet that the seam is located at.
We do not fix seam peaking because there is nothing to fix.
Berber carpets should be cut lengthwise along the bias.
Press the seams together onto the hot tape and run the iron over the carpet and seam tape below.
Seam peaking in carpets is not caused by poor quality materials or poor workmanship.
The backing of your carpet will be attached to the seam tape and stretching during installation can pull the points where the tape is attached tight enough to cause the top section of the carpet to peak upwards.
In fact it is advisable for the sales person to tell the consumer in advance of the installation that the seams cannot be guaranteed invisible.