RE: carpet seams/joints showing?
Carpet seams are dependent on two things:
1. The type carpet
2. The ability of the installer.
If you have a carpet with a very very low nap, or if you have a carpet with absolutely uniform texture and color - the seams will be more difficult to hide.
If you have an installer, who didn't give enough allowance in the seam area, you will have seams that really "pop".
When he suggests that the seams will disappear in a month or so, he is inferring that the carpet nap will tend to squish and squash and sag over the carpet seam area. That will be true if the nap is reasonably long. However, if the nap is short and or if the color is very uniform - it is less likely to cover the nap.
--
I might suggest that you have the store manager - from which you purchased the carpet - come to your house and check the installation.
In general, if the seams are going to disappear, they will disappear within the first two good vacuum of the carpet. The vacuum will suck up the nap in about the way that it will be for the life of the carpet. Also, every time that you vacuum the carpet, you are going to restore it to that same state. So, if you vacuum, and the seams show - that is likely to be the way that the carpet will be for its service life.
Take care
REW
|