We're up here on the third floor and, our interior designers chose a carpeting that almost imitates the look of a sisal, but it's actually nylon, and the idea here is that we've got high traffic areas for teenagers, I've got two of them.
They're going to be visiting, they're going to be having parties up here.
But anyhow, lets meet Chris Flynn from Pulsifer Kingston Company, here in Boston.
Hi, Bob.
How are you?
How are you Chris?
Excellent, thanks.
Pulsifer Kingston is one of the oldest carpet installers in America, I believe?
Yeah.
It's the oldest in Boston, I know that.
Yeah.
And what you've got here is, well what kind of carpet is this?
Well, this is a tight, low level loop carpet, made of nylon.
Nylon, right.
It should hold up really well in a high traffic area like this.
I think the color will hide the dirt really nice.
Right.
And, its woven, so what I'm trying to do is open up the rows.
It's a loop pile as opposed to a cut pile.
A cut pile is a more plush carpet, and when you are putting a seam together with a normal plush like that, it's a different deal.
It's a different deal.
You can use a straight edge.
It's not imperative that you get in between the rows.
But here, with this kind of a fiber, a loop, it's a continuous kind of loop, right?
.
Exactly.
its one loop for each row and the rows are straight so we like to put the seam right down the row.
That would be your best, best bet for the seam.
So, what I'm doing with my screwdriver is, I've marked where I want the seam to be.
I'm opening up the yarns then I'm gonna take my push knife, and slide that right down the row I've just pushed.
That will give me a nice straight edge and it will be right where the carpet was made to seam as opposed to cutting across any yarns.
Know what?
Let me just open this up.
There you go.
Yep.
OK.
Now that's the ideal spot for a seam.
Now, before we go any further we have to do the same thing on the other side right?
Yep, you'll notice this actually there's two different rows, there's a high row and a low?
Yes.
Obviously you wanna make sure you're on the right one
e OK.
Do the same thing over here.
And now the next step would be, we need to treat these edges.
Because it's such a high traffic area.
You don't want to run into any of this.
You don't want to have any loose.
Yeah that will just seal everything up super nice.
And what do you use to seal it?
We use a latex, it's actually called seam sealer, that's what it was designed for.
End of this.
There you go.
Copper cuts nice on a row.
And we just apply just a thin bead of this.
To the edges.
Right along the edge.
OK.
Now that that's dried, what's the next step?
Now we're ready to put the silicone heat seam tape underneath the seam.
Now this is the stuff that smells funny, right?
Yep, actually this is a good product that's supposed to be real environmentally friendly.
Oh good.
Finished with that off, we'll tuck it right under there.
OK, now I'm just gonna have to ask you to step off for a minute, so I can.
Yes.
Get this piece in position.
We put that half way underneath it.
Kick it up to.
Right, bring it up nice and butt.
Kind of make a dry run of making natural seam.
Just to make sure everything lines up nice.
There is the a couple of small blows to the carpet but we can certainly work those out.
OK.
And already two actually start seaming.
Now, this is the relatively dangerous part because you got, you got a very hot iron there.
OK, this tape melts pretty quickly, and once this is cooled, you will not be able to pull it apart all
we like to do is give it a cup of seconds so that tape to melt
How hot is that iron?
Degrees wise, I don't know, but hot enough that you wouldn't want to touch this.
Yeah, its hotter than your standard iron.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
And, now you can see how that tape's melted nicely.
Exactly.
I push it, the length of the iron.
And I just want to take this and work it right into it.
This carpet seems up really nicely.
What I also like to do once I get a little ways is put some weight on it.
To keep it.
to lay it flat, make sure the glue presses into the back of the rug.
For that I just use my tool bag and put it on a scrap of carpet.
That's a nice touch.
Well, I wouldn't want to get your new rug dirty.
We'll just continue this procedure down the length of the seam.
Sure.
And you can still feel
it 's hot but you can't see the same.
Now on this side you have got actually start kicking it before you can put it on the tag.
Now that the seem is cooled down a little, I can take my stretch.
OK.
Using my knee pickup, and I should get my weight off of there.
Thanks a lot.
Chris We're going to break for some messages.
Don't go away.
Now were checking in with Eddy Sawisko from easy masonry who is doing yet another tile installation for me and what kind of ground was putting in this bath room Eddy?
This is a sanded low ground just mixed with water no additives.
But, its specially made from floors and the sand is already in it.
But the color choice is perfect, because this is a tile that
is almost a variegated pinky salmon color.
There is a a lot of variety to it, and when you lay the field tiles, you can really see it.
But what really.
sold this and my wife especially fell in love with this tile is all the special little animals.
They're made out of the Pacific Northwest by a group of artists and you can see the heron's against all the cattails and some of these relief tiles.
And then, lots of special accent tiles like the turtle and the snap, what do you call it, the dragonfly and the little bunny rabbit, and even the wind blowing across the top and a little free.
And we found them of course at Country Floors in New York.
Where else?
Beautiful job, Eddie.
Hey, we're running out of time.
I hope you can join me next week.
We're going be in this area of the house putting some special finishes in the master bedroom walls .
Paneling the closet.
And outside, we'll be doing the front yard landscaping.
Till then, I'm Bob Vila.
It's good to have you home again.
