Jack May
That Kiwi
Here's the deal. The client bought her whole house lot of carpet. The estimator had drawn the plan incorrectly so when the layer 'shop cut' the roll, he had a huge gap in the entrance way that he had to fill with a seam going both directions. The cross seam really stood out.
The layer finally agreed to replace the entrance/hallway complete as one single piece... only when they ordered the replacement roll, they had to settle for a different dye batch and were told thats the end of that line... no more available carpet of that type.
Whan he installed it, this is what they found. A tension issue running the complete length of the roll (approx 8 meters).
So, Feltex have sent me in with the task of finding a solution. I met onsite with both clients and the layer. THe layer had NO suggestions whatsoever and I felt he was out of his depth.
I siad I have a few options, but want to discuss with the Feltex rep, them, you guys etc before we settle on a decision.
We found a small off cut of the ridge and I brought that back with me for testing.
There is enough carpet to cut out the offending piece and put a seam in the opening but they are reluctant to do that.
Second option is for me to re tuft that ridge... no option because of how much there is I reckon.
third option which is where I'm out of my depth is "is this croppable?
That section you can see is 2-2.5 m long. There is another section in front of a hallway cupboard which isn't really noticable because it has no back lighting.
I think it's just the cream that is too high, but that could well be just because that's what's catching the light. It's 3 rows wide.
Oh yeah, the job is three hours away.
ANy suggestions from you guys?
John
The layer finally agreed to replace the entrance/hallway complete as one single piece... only when they ordered the replacement roll, they had to settle for a different dye batch and were told thats the end of that line... no more available carpet of that type.
Whan he installed it, this is what they found. A tension issue running the complete length of the roll (approx 8 meters).
So, Feltex have sent me in with the task of finding a solution. I met onsite with both clients and the layer. THe layer had NO suggestions whatsoever and I felt he was out of his depth.
I siad I have a few options, but want to discuss with the Feltex rep, them, you guys etc before we settle on a decision.
We found a small off cut of the ridge and I brought that back with me for testing.
There is enough carpet to cut out the offending piece and put a seam in the opening but they are reluctant to do that.
Second option is for me to re tuft that ridge... no option because of how much there is I reckon.
third option which is where I'm out of my depth is "is this croppable?
That section you can see is 2-2.5 m long. There is another section in front of a hallway cupboard which isn't really noticable because it has no back lighting.
I think it's just the cream that is too high, but that could well be just because that's what's catching the light. It's 3 rows wide.
Oh yeah, the job is three hours away.
ANy suggestions from you guys?
John