Carpet Head Seam

Berber carpets should be cut lengthwise along the bias.

Carpet head seam.

The installer should tell you about carpet seams to avoid any dissatisfaction with your install. Cross seams on berbers should be avoided if reasonable. Failure to explain in advance where the seams will be. The key to a tight fitting professional looking seam is to start with a double cutting technique that matches the two edges perfectly.

Unseasoned carpet and flooring installers typically forget this or simply don t know how to handle seams resulting in the following. Seam peaking you might not have heard of it and you probably aren t even familiar with carpet seams. If an installer has addressed these concerns then that is the best seam that can be made. Seaming carpet like a pro requires precise cuts and proper seaming technique using heat activated carpet seaming tape and a seaming iron.

This claim develops when the installer uses a spur roller on a dense cut pile carpet and the warm yarn is reset.