Carpet Seam Repair
Carpet Seam Repair in Under an Hour
A separating seam is one of the fastest things we fix. Heat-activated tape, a radio-wave iron, and it's closed.
A stronger bond than the original installation
Most carpet seams were closed with a standard iron the first time around, which is exactly why they're the first thing to come apart. We re-seam with heat-activated tape and a $500 radio-wave iron that heats the adhesive evenly through the join instead of just scorching the top of it, so the bond we make ends up stronger than the one the original installer made. Most repairs are finished in under an hour, without touching the rest of the carpet.
Why hallways and doorways go first
A seam carries more stress in a hallway or at a doorway than anywhere else in the house, because it's where feet turn, drag and pivot the most. Combine that traffic with adhesive that ages over years and an installation that may have been rushed, and it's no surprise those are the seams that separate first.
Nearly every seam we close outlasts the one the original crew put in. Call (425) 329-5162.
A gap closed, not just covered
A separating seam near a bedroom door, closed the same way we close every one: the old adhesive cleaned back, fresh heat-activated tape run under the join, and the radio-wave iron passed the length of it until the bond sets.
What a seam repair costs
Seam repair is billed the same way as any carpet repair: the first hour is included in the base call, and any additional time is $225.00 an hour, prorated to the minute. Most seams are closed well inside that first hour. When a seam sits between rooms with different flooring, cutting and re-seaming at doorways is billed at $25.00 per linear foot.
Seam questions, answered straight
A separating seam only gets worse
Most seams close in under an hour. Call before it spreads further down the hallway.