Next make one inch cuts every two to three feet all the way through to the bottom piece.
Carpet joining glue.
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Installing a glue down carpet.
Showing both carpet seams.
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The nap of both pieces of carpet should go in the same direction.
In this video i share an easy strategy to cut and seam carpet.
Arrange the two pieces of carpet you are joining so they are side by side in the room.
Roll back the top piece of carpet.
How to seam carpet.
Many carpet manufacturers put an arrow on.
Overlap two pieces of carpet at the seam by about two inches.
Snap a chalk line through all of the marks to create a cutting line.
Demonstrates two different ways to seal carpet seams using latex seam sealer and hot melt seam sealer using the orcon peak buster.
How to install glue down carpet.
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.