My brother just put carpet in a place his Ex's sister lives. Landlord is so cheap, he wouldn't replace the 1972 gold shag. ........so she did. Bought new pad and carpet on the cheap side, and my brother spent a few days doing the removal and installation.
He said there were seams all over the place in the living room, but being shag, you would never know it. The living room was about 16 by 20.
First time I have heard of it, but he said that all the carpet seams were duct taped, not hot seamed.
This is how cheap some landlords can be...... matter of fact, that old carpet was re-used shag...... probably removed from another of his rentals.
He said the tape hadn't dried up and was still holding. Obviously it was never stretched, but it's held up over pad for a long time. Thin waffle pad is probably the only thing that allowed this weird installation to hold together.
......and to make Rusty's point, no seam sealer was used.
He said there were seams all over the place in the living room, but being shag, you would never know it. The living room was about 16 by 20.
First time I have heard of it, but he said that all the carpet seams were duct taped, not hot seamed.
This is how cheap some landlords can be...... matter of fact, that old carpet was re-used shag...... probably removed from another of his rentals.
He said the tape hadn't dried up and was still holding. Obviously it was never stretched, but it's held up over pad for a long time. Thin waffle pad is probably the only thing that allowed this weird installation to hold together.
......and to make Rusty's point, no seam sealer was used.
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