I don`t think I agree. I fitted pub/club carpet and safety behind bars for about 6-7 years. In general the carpet was 27" and machine sewn into shape. Generally the carpet would be made in sections, then sewn/heat seamed/silver seamed together. I worked all over the country for most major breweries, and rarely saw a sewn join fail. Mostly heat seam, sometimes silver seam, but sewn joins only when the carpet had seen the end of its life. A plus point for sewing, is the pattern can be sewn in, so it matches pretty much perfectly. When I used to work with my dad, as a boy, he would sew and fit 100 yds in a day. He did teach me to sew, and always used to do my bullnoses this way. Not any more though, I always staple them. I actually think they look better that way.
Does any1 else feel like they are being slowly poisoned to death by the glue fumes when using a seeming iron? There must be a healthier way? Why have we still not got that seeming tool they use in the states?
You think the UK are slow in catching up.... it'll be another 5 years later before we get it up here..lol
If you read the COSHH data sheets for heat seam tapes they are surprisingly not damaging to health. There is none known side effects for all the major brands. Not sure i would trust some of the cheap chinese tapes that are appearing tho. Its the seaming adhesive that you need to worry about !
One of the main reasons why I don't use a heat seam is because the fumes stink customers houses out . Not so bad if it's commercial property .
How do you clean the tray? I always wipe the iron on a piece of carpet to clean it after I use it but never clean the tray??
lighter fluid and a match be sure to do this outside as there will be plumes of black smoke but itll be sparkling once its done:thumbs
I don't own one , I've always use silver seam . The occasion that I've used one I should of brought a gas mask with me .
I've found the smoke off the adhesive does get on my lungs....and that's coming from some1 who's smoked!!
I knocked a smoke detector with a carpet and the fire engine turned up? Bit over the top. Anyway the best seen join I've seen is when the stitch looks like it running parallel with the join not across it? Any1 know how that's done or seen it before? Maybe it was a factory stitch?
carpet face to face then stitched, unfolded and sometimes the underlay has a channel cut out to take the fold
http://armorlockindustries.com/ anyone heard or used this method while in usa was talking to couple of carpet fitters and they were raving about how good it is
