- Carpet seam looks like a line in your carpet. It is the place where two different pieces of carpet meet each other. It might appear very small, or it might be large, like a part in your hair. When you are dealing with high-pile carpets, you might find that the seam is less noticeable, depending on the way the carpet actually falls.
- You can tell if you have a carpet seam-problem just by looking. If you stand in the doorway and quickly scan the entire area of the carpet with your eyes, a bad carpet seam will jump out at you like the part in someone's hair. If you have identified a carpet seam, try going over the area with a vacuum. Sometimes when a carpet is installed, the first vacuuming will take care of any carpet-seam issues.
- You can prevent carpet seam by installing carpets very carefully. If you can use only one piece of carpet, the seam will not be an issue. If you must use more than one, you need to line them up exactly, with no space between them. The best way to prevent carpet seam is to have a professional install the carpet. They know what they are doing.
- If you have a very bad carpet seam, and vacuuming does not help the issue, you can often arrange your furniture to cover it up. If that is impossible, you might want to consider getting the carpet reinstalled. If the carpeting was professionally done, and there is still a visible seam, call the company that put in the carpeting; they will likely reinstall it for you correctly.
- If your floor is not straight or is slanted in any way, it might be impossible to avoid carpet seam. Again, using a professional installer will be your best bet, because they possess many tools and tricks to keep the seam from being a problem.
