How to Join Carpet Seams

Carpet seams are a necessary evil. While they will make carpets weaker, they connect carpet in one room to carpet in hallways or other rooms. Creating professional carpet seams will take some concentration and work. In many ways, sealing carpet seams can be one of the hardest parts of a carpet installation project. To complete this project properly, you will need a seaming iron, which you can rent from a local hardware supply store.

Things You'll Need

• Knife
• Scissors
• Seaming tape
• Seaming iron
• Carpet roller

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Cut the carpet edges straight along the seam area. Dry fit the two pieces to ensure the carpet pile or pattern matches.

   • 2

     Place the carpet seaming tape beneath the carpet seam, glue side up. Half of the tape should be under each side of the carpet seam.

   • 3

     Heat the seaming tape using the seaming iron. Be care not to burn yourself or the carpet.

   • 4

     Roll over the carpet seam with the roller. Be sure to do this while the seaming tape is still hot to get the best connection.