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Carpet seam tape.

List only the seams in the supplied carpet strip plan.

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Tape roll length and any supplied start or end allowances.

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Room perimeter and strip seams are different tape paths.

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The page counts a supplied seam plan and does not decide suitable seam locations.

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This illustrative set of supplied inputs demonstrates Carpet Seam Tape Calculator. Replace the example measurements and product figures with your own before ordering.

Supplied inputMetric displayUS display
Seam run length5 m16.4 ft
Parallel installed strips3 3
Tape roll length8 m26.25 ft
Tape allowance10 %10 %
Tape length = (strips − 1) × seam length × (1 + allowance/100)Does not choose seam positions, nap direction, room cuts or adhesive specification. Perimeter tape is excluded.

Seam tape rolls: 2 rolls

Allowed seam tape length
11 m
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List only the seams in the supplied carpet strip plan.

Tape roll length and any supplied start or end allowances.

Room perimeter and strip seams are different tape paths.

Input for Carpet Seam Tape Calculator. Record the value with its unit and quantity basis.

Input for Carpet Seam Tape Calculator. Record the value with its unit and quantity basis.

Input for Carpet Seam Tape Calculator. Record the value with its unit and quantity basis.

Input for Carpet Seam Tape Calculator. Record the value with its unit and quantity basis.

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