Got Black Marks Between Your Skirting Boards And Carpets?

by Ian Harper MBICSc

Stopping those marks on your carpets edges is easy when you know how. It will take some work but when done it will solve this problem once and for all. First make sure it not just dirt that the vacuum is missing. If it is use you hand tool on the vacuum to remove.

Air flow. This air flow can come from many different sources. The gap between the floor and maybe the wall. It depends on how your house is built or renovated.

Normally you get a small gap under the skirting or baseboard. This is where the carpet tucks into. And if you’re unlucky where the air finds it way out. Leaving a black mark behind of dirty dust.

Seal all the underlay so it just one big piece of underlay with no gaps.

Here are some way to deal with this problem.You can get rolls of card that carpet fitters use under foam back carpets. Lay this under the underlay and tape the joins. Then run tape around the gap under the skirting

Using cedar paper and flexible tape work well. When you get the carpet cleaned it will need to be cleaned with the right product, so use a cleaner that know his stuff.

Lift carpet Run gapfill along bottom of skirting if these marks are where the fitter laying the carpet has punctured the underlay use flexible tape and seal these up. Refit carpet.

Next time you have any carpets fitted make sure that the carpet fitters lay your carpets to this high standard. You will need to tell them about the problem. And as you know what the cause is you can’t get ripped off.

About the Author:

Ian Harper owns and operates a carpet cleaning company Remove Black Marks On Carpets which specializes in the Eco friendly cleaning of carpets & Sofas