What are some signs of poorly installed carpet?

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When you are decorating your home choosing the right carpet for your home can be as big a decision as buying your next family car. Make the wrong choice and the whole project looks wrong.

Having good quality carpet properly installed in your home can completely change the look of a room, office or a house. Quality product poorly laid is the epitome of shabbiness.

Just as you wouldn't make a decision from the first car salesman in town without first doing a little research, the same applies when choosing a carpet for your home.

First, you want to be sure that the person or retailer you have chosen is reliable, dependable and employs qualified installers. Even if you do a hefty amount of research on the company or retailer, not many actually know the ins and outs of having carpet installed.

In our many years of service in the carpet industry, we are very familiar with some of the main reasons why consumers complain about poorly installed carpet.

A recurring problem for most people are creases in the fitted carpets, creases will appear in carpet which is poorly fitted as the carpet will not have been stretched properly mainly due to the use of the wrong equipment and also simply because of lazy finishing. This can also occur if the carpet is not tucked properly around the edges and therefore will not be sitting on the gripper rods but lying loose around the edges.

Another problem is when seams are not properly done or are put in the wrong position. The location of the seam can determine whether you will even see the seam.

Depending on how light behaves in the room a seam can be an eye sore and very visible.

A carpet seam is a weak point in the material if not done properly.

When the edges of carpet around the perimeter of the rooms are cut unevenly before being turned onto the holding pins in the gripper rods this will leave the carpet edges having a puckered uneven look and not the smooth finish of carpet which has been properly installed.

It is always advisable to ensure that carpet installation is done by a professional who has the right tools and experience even if it may cost a little more especially if the product is a wool carpet. This will ensure that the product wears well and still looks good even after years of use.

Happy decorating.