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Am I the only one who spent 5 hours on one stretch seam because the carpet had been sitting in a cold truck
Last Tuesday I was doing a 12x15 bedroom in a house out in Beavercreek and the carpet had been riding around in the back of my van all morning in 30 degree weather, so it was stiff as a board and would not lay down flat for anything. I ended up running back to the shop for a heater, letting the roll sit in front of it for 45 minutes, and then the seam zipped together in about 10 minutes flat. Anyone got a better way to handle cold carpet on a winter job, or do you just build in the warm-up time?
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tessa3684d ago
Keeping the roll in front of a heater works but you gotta be careful with the direct heat because it can mess with the backing and make the carpet delaminate if you leave it too long. What I do is lay the roll out flat in the room the night before with the thermostat set to like 70, or if I can't get in early I'll bring a couple of those cheap box fans and blow room temp air across it, takes longer than a heater but no risk of cooking the glue. 45 minutes in front of a heater is honestly pretty quick though, so maybe your van just holds cold worse than mine. Also check if the seam is peaking because of the temp or because the tackstrip is too far back, cold carpet will show every little mistake you'd never notice when it's warm.
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alice1214d ago
Ah yes, the old "your van is colder than mine" defense, that is a bold claim considering my van doubles as a freezer this time of year. I do like the box fan trick though, never thought about just moving air instead of baking the roll like a pizza. The tackstrip tip is a good one too, I have chased a peaking seam around for twenty minutes only to find out the cold was hiding a staple that missed. Nothing says fun like pulling a seam back apart when the room is already 68 degrees and the customer is watching you.
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