Carpet Tile Edge Curling

One of the responses from manufacturers is that the installers didn t use enough adhesive.

Carpet tile edge curling.

Carpets that curl up at the corners are a tripping hazard. It s up to the inspector to figure out what is triggering the problem in the carpet tiles. As a result we re seeing claims coming in daily on almost every manufacturer s carpet tile for curling edges. For every action in this case an uneven stress level in the layers of the tile there is an equal and opposite reaction which is the curling of the tile edges.

It creates a concave shape that doesn t lie flat or meet up with the surrounding tiles. The adhesive used on carpet tile is pressure sensitive and is only supposed to stabilize the product on the floor laterally. It is not. If you cut a small square out of the middle of a curling carpet tile and lay it on a perfectly flat surface like a glass top table that small square s edges will also curl.

If you cut a small square out of the middle of a curling carpet tile and lay it on a perfectly flat surface like a glass top table that small square s edges will also curl. A carpet or rug should lay flat all around regardless of whether it sits on tile. For every action in this case an uneven stress level in the layers of the tile there is an equal and opposite reaction which is the curling of the tile edges.