Carpet Repair

CARPET REPAIRS

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Carpet Stretching & Repairs

What’s a carpet seam?

Carpet normally comes in twelve foot widths on a very long roll. If you need more than twelve feet across or if your carpet needs to join to a hallway or another room then it will be seamed together. The carpet seam should be either invisible or nearly invisible depending on the type of carpet.

Basics of Carpet Seam Repair ?

The simplest form of carpet seam repair is when most of the seam is fine but a portion of the seam tape has lost its grip on the carpet backing. This usually happens when the seam tape was over melted or under melted during the original installation. It can also happen due to carpet cleaning or carpet flooding. If this is the case you may only need to use your glue gun to apply a generous portion of glue to the seam tape that’s under the carpet and press the carpet backing into the glue.

Another method would be to use latex. Simply apply a generous portion of latex glue to the backing of the carpet and stick it to the top layer. Leave a weight on top of it for a few hours or so.

If we want to take apart a carpet seam before doing the carpet repair, we place a wet towel on top of the seam and use a regular household iron to steam the seam apart. This is also how we remove old seam tape.

Before fixing the carpet seam we always make sure that the edge of the carpet is clean and free of the glue that comes off of the seam tape.

Then it is time to fix the seam. This is done with carpet seam tape, a seaming iron, and a carpet seam roller. The tape is carefully adjusted underneath the seam. The iron is applied carefully on top of the seam tape. As we move the iron along the seam tape, we carefully bring the carpet edges together other and press the carpet down into the molten glue with our carpet tractor.

As we finish pushing the hot glue into the backing of the carpet, we place a flat heavy weight on the seam in order to hold it in place while it cools.

Berber Carpet Repair

Do you need a ripple stretched out of your carpet?
Is there a run in your Berber carpet?
Does your carpet need a small patch?
Does the transition between your carpet and floor need some tender loving care?

Berber carpet repair is a lot more complicated because of the way a Berber carpet unfurls.  If the answer is yes, then you need to call us to fix it for you. One thing you need to know about first is that Berber carpet repairs are often somewhat visible. Berber (or any looped carpet) runs in rows. The new seams that run the same direction

as the rows often look really great, however, the seams that run perpendicular to the row can be quite noticeable. The Berber carpet seam that runs against the grain may even look a bit like a scar.   We minimize the visibility of a Berber carpet patch by using a perfectly matched piece of donor carpet. Of course you will need to provide the donor carpet. If you don't have any left over scraps (carpet remnants) left over from the original installation, we can use some from a closet this way you replace only the closet area instead.

This new carpet may be considerably lighter than the existing carpet. If that’s the case, you will surely notice the difference in color.

Even the smallest carpet problem can bring down the look of a beautiful room. I get calls every time to fix small things.

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Is your carpet coming apart at the seams?

 If part of your carpet is coming up, it may be seam that’s to blame. Lift the carpet just a bit to see what’s under there. If what you see looks like some sort of industrial tape, then yes, it’s coming apart at the seams.