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    Ragged edge on Carpet install; can this be fixed and if so, how?

    Thanks..we agree - metal or vinyl would look cheap, and for that reason we're not big on either. But the edge as it currently is looks absolutely horrific / worse than a transition strip to us, whether that's "normal" or not. It would drive us absolutely insane for it to stay that way, so we...
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    Ragged edge on Carpet install; can this be fixed and if so, how?

    Thanks. Why would you recommend against a transition strip? We talked with the vendor this AM and they may be able to provide a single 14' wide wood transition instead of the two-piece, cut vinyl. I'm also curious why you think the install is fine as is. I'm admittedly just a homeowner vs...
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    Ragged edge on Carpet install; can this be fixed and if so, how?

    Hi, everyone..first time post. We had a new carpet installed next to an old carpet, and the edge of the new (black/blue carpet in the pic below) looks "ragged" for lack of a better way to explain it. Carpet installers insist it's because the fibers of the new carpet are longer than the old...
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