Mark:

AFAIK carpet splicing is usually done with a special tape that looks a lot like duct tape but is red (at least the ones I've seen are). You have to make two perfectly even cuts, then stick the tape against the back side of one of the seams. Then carefully lay the second piece up against the first, sticking it down onto the tape. The trickiest thing is getting the edges to butt up against each other well without any gaps.

I've done this with berber and industrial (low pile) carpeting, but never with a medium or shag pile carpet. It is pretty easy. You do need a SHARP carpet knife, a long T-square, and a large cutting surface.

Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA

----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Mages <wasserbox@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 3:13 PM Subject: Mild Vanagon - Carpet questions

> One of my neighbors just re-carpeted their house, and > I was the beneficiary of the ends & scraps. It is > really nice grey-green stuff. > > I want to put it in the kitchen area of my westy, but > the roll I have is about 2/3 the width I need. > > I have no idea how to splice carpet, but I want to > know. If anyone knows please lemme know. > > This is one of the few aspects of construction I know > nothing about. > > Thanks > > ===== > Mark > > 87 Westfalia Gl > 84 Scirocco 8v > > http://members.tripod.com/~jehanno > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com