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Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- General Requirements
- Broadloom Carpet
- Residential Carpet Tile
- Definition of Terms
- Table I – Tools & Materials
- Table II – Trowel Size Minimum Guidelines
- Table III – Tack Strip
- Table IV – Adhesive Types / Definitions
- Table V – Dew Point
- CRI Members Contact Information
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CRI 105 - STANDARD For INSTALLATION of RESIDENTIAL CARPET Copyright © 2015 by The Carpet and Rug Institute, Inc.
Broadloom Carpet
16.6
Pattern Alignment
Match the pattern at the midpoint of the seam’s length. Work from the seam’s midpoint to
the seam ends.
Bring the pattern into register using appropriate tools that might include (refer to Table I –
Tools & Materials at the end of this document):
· power stretcher
· knee kicker
· dead man
· “dry” lines
· stay nails
· double-headed mini-stretcher (“crab stretcher”)
NOTE: For patterned carpet, exercise care to ensure pattern alignment along walls. The
use of mechanical stretching devices, stay-nails and a “dead man” may be necessary to
achieve pattern match at seams and alignment along walls.