Repair A Carpet Hole

Josh with the carpet repair guys quickly demonstrates how to professionally repair a large damaged carpeted area at a bedroom entry.

Repair a carpet hole.

Gently insert the new carpet piece into the hole until it is attached to the carpet tape and level with the carpet surrounding it. Fixing carpet carpet repair from a dog or cat clawing at the carpet to get in or out of a door. Prepare the hole for the new plug cut pieces of carpet tape and position them in the hole without removing the backing photo 3. If you are in the san.

Check the arrow you drew on the back of the replacement piece and ensure it is pointing in the same direction as the. If you re using carpet tape stick it onto the base floor as well. If you don t have spare carpet cut the patch out of an inconspicuous area such as the back of a closet. Carpet patching is a simple system of carefully cutting out the damaged area and replacing it with a patch of donor carpet of the same size.

Using residual carpet from the install or corner of closet or obscure area cut a piece the approximate size of the hole. Using gorilla glue from home depot and a really sharp pair of scissors or razor blade cut to fit and carefully glue the perimeter of the backing of the carpet. Find a piece of undamaged carpet to use as a patch. Cut the ends of the tape diagonally so the pieces will frame the hole without overlapping.

The single sided type generally works best for this type of repair peel the backing away from the adhesive side of the tape and carefully insert the piece into the cut out area smoothing it flat from below so that it sticks firmly to the carpet backing around the perimeter of the opening. As an extra step you may cut out a piece of thick fabric an inch larger that the patch on all sides lift the hole s edges and glue it onto the main carpet as the base for the patch. Carpet tape is available in double sided and single sided versions. Carpet patching is a simple economical and reasonably effective method of giving your carpet new life again.

Once it is in place press firmly on the edges for about five minutes and shift the carpet fibers to hide any gaps between the new piece and the old.