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Found a way to handle those impossible corner seams in old houses
I was on a job in a 1920s bungalow last month, and the hallway had two corners that were just not square, maybe 88 degrees instead of 90. My usual method of cutting a 45 was leaving a gap you could see from space. Out of ideas, I tried cutting the seam piece a quarter inch long and using a heat gun to gently warm the backing, just enough to make it flexible. I held it in the new shape for a minute until it cooled. It let me form the carpet to the weird angle without a wrinkle. Has anyone else had to get creative with a heat tool on site?
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thea85724d ago
Used hands like @julia_miller24, but my heating technique looked way clumsier than yours.
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