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Heard a floor inspector say seams are the #1 call back in carpet installs
Was grabbing some tack strip at the supply house last week and overheard this inspector talking to the counter guy. He said over 60% of the complaints he sees come back to seams splitting or being visible. Made me think about how I been rushing my seaming iron work lately on bigger jobs. Got me double checking my tape and roller pressure now. Anyone else notice seams getting more picky from customers lately?
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rowanw917d ago
That 60% number sounds right but the real issue is nobody preps their subfloors right anymore. Slabs are never flat and tack strip won't fix that, seams just follow the dips.
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lisas786d ago
Right? I redid my living room last spring and the seams look like a topographical map.
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the_mary6d ago
Oh come on, you can fix a slab easy enough with a self leveler. I did my whole basement last summer and the floor had a 1/2 inch dip in one corner. Poured the leveler, waited a day, smooth as glass. If people are too lazy to spend the extra day and $40 on a bag of leveler that's on them, not the slab. And tack strip doesn't care about dips anyway if you float the laminate right with a good underlayment. I've laid carpet over way worse slabs and never had seams popping. The real problem is everyone wants to skip the prep work and blame the house.
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