The difference a proper seam roller made on a Berber job in Tempe

I had a 400 sq ft Berber install last month where the seams kept showing after a week. The homeowner called back, and I realized I'd been using my old 4 inch roller that lost its pressure. I bought a new 6 inch heavy duty roller with a wider face and re-did the seams, and after three months, they're still invisible. What's your go-to tool for making seams disappear on loop pile carpets?

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jade22612d agoMost Upvoted

Oh man, that old roller was basically just a fancy paperweight... Glad the new one worked out, but that's a rough callback to get.

davis.ivan11d ago

Ugh, that's the WORST kind of callback. So you were basically just giving the carpet a nice back massage with that dead roller. A six inch heavy duty is the only way to make those loops behave, it's like night and day. I learned that lesson the hard way too, on a commercial job where the seams looked like tiny speed bumps. My go-to is a 100-pound roller now, it sounds like overkill but it just melts the seam tape right in. Never skimp on the roller, it's the one thing standing between you and an angry phone call.