Rather it requires that you have a professional do the work with.
Carpet edges whipped.
The most common choices for carpet finishing are binding serging and fringing.
Quickstep 22 mm 7 8 carpet and rug edge binding tape is designed to simulate a whipped or serged edge.
If you want to make an area rug from a carpet remnant or from a swath of broadloom carpet off a roll there are several options for finishing the edges to prevent fraying.
Carpet whipping or serging is the process of attaching a band of strong wool stiches around the edge of a carpet to protect strengthen and decorate the edge.
Use broadloom carpet for stair runners whipped edges look great and mean no fraying.
Whipping gives a carpet a finished edge which will not fray.
We travel all over devon so can arrange collection.
Generally speaking however these aren t techniques you can do yourself.
Using a wax seaming tape our skilled staff will ensure a perfect pattern match every time before finishing off the carpet with a whipped edge to a colour of your choosing.
Personal callers always welcome but please ring first to make sure we are here.
The overedge yarn is built into the tape and produces a very neat whipped or serged appearance.
Carpet whipping is a wool overlocked edge which can be added to any carpet giving a beautiful professional finish.
Bring your carpets to us or call to discuss collection.
Turn your new or old carpet remnants into matching matts with our whipping service we also have a range of carpets made to 2 5 metre widths to reduce offcut waste if you want to create a rug matt from new.
Choose from our huge range of coloured yarns sourced in the uk.
Black twist carpet stair runner with whipped edge.
We can turn all off cut carpet into useful matts and rugs at bespoke sizes to suit your individual requirements.