Unlevel seams in the carpet.
Make carpet seams invisible.
A seam should have the carpet backings flush to each other without gaps and without.
While this is an admirable goal invisible seams should never be promised.
The reality is that carpet seams are unavoidable.
The term acceptable seam does not mean invisible seam.
Gaps are left at the end of the seams.
Wide gaps and overlaps.
Add a seam sealer material around the backing area or the floor base.
The key word there is line.
Failure to match any patterning in the carpet.
Carpet seaming is done in more obvious spots.
While invisible carpet seams are not always possible it is the goal of many great installers to construct invisible seams.
Sealing them as well.
In addition proper planning for seam placement in a room is key to making seams less obtrusive or obvious.
In fact it is advisable for the sales person to tell the consumer in advance of the installation that the seams cannot be guaranteed invisible.
Make sure the seam sealer moves into the raw edges of the carpet as you get the surface sealed up right.
While an invisible carpet seam is not possible there are many times when a carpet seam has been constructed incorrectly and is much more visible than it should be.
Failure to explain why a carpet seam is not guaranteed to be invisible.
Different carpets will seam differently.
Depending on the size and traffic of a room you can choose carpets where seams will be less noticeable.
While it is impossible to make seams completely invisible choosing certain carpet types and patterns can draw attention away from seams making them less noticeable.
While some carpets hide it better than others it is important to realize that seams will never be invisible.
The very definition of seam is a line formed by the joining together of two pieces of material at their edges.
They say seams may not be invisible that doesn t mean you shouldn t make every effort to reach that goal.
There are ways to make them almost.
I sometimes see heat distortion from the hot irons think about it the shape of it underneath the carpet angles it upward could be enough to change its memory for certain lighting to be an eye catcher.
Seams are visible especially when you know where they are.
Do not apply too much as you only want to cover the spot that the seam itself is located at.
