Arrange the two pieces of carpet you are joining so they are side by side in the room.
Carpet joining glue.
The nap of both pieces of carpet should go in the same direction.
How to seam carpet.
Showing both carpet seams.
Roll back the top piece of carpet.
Overlap two pieces of carpet at the seam by about two inches.
Place a board or scrap of plywood underneath the rolled back edge to protect the carpet below from the knife blade.
On the backside measure 1 inch in from its outer edge and mark the backing at 12 inch intervals down the length of the edge.
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How to install glue down carpet.
Installing a glue down carpet.
If you have the right type of trowel to install the carpet glue y.
With white chalk make a line about 3 4 the width of the overlap or about 1 3 4 inches from the edge of the carpet and then cut along the line.
Demonstrates two different ways to seal carpet seams using latex seam sealer and hot melt seam sealer using the orcon peak buster.
Snap a chalk line through all of the marks to create a cutting line.
In this video i share an easy strategy to cut and seam carpet.
Many carpet manufacturers put an arrow on.