Diy Carpet Patch

Spills cigarette burns and other mishaps can ruin a small area of wall to wall carpeting making it necessary to remove the section as a way to repair the damage.

Diy carpet patch.

Because carpet fibers are inserted into the backing like hair combed in one direction rub your hand on the carpet to determine the direction of that nap. The basic kit available at flooring distributors and online includes a hockey puck sized carpet cutter and adhesive disks to glue the patch in place. 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. Carpet tape is available in double sided and single sided versions.

If the patch is to be applied against a wall and the room has baseboard molding your two options are. A remove the baseboard and reinstall it after laying down the carpet patch or b leave the baseboard in place and install the tack strip 1 4 away from the baseboard as described in the next step. Patching a carpet is a task that just about every homeowner will face at one time or another. Because the donor area is filled in either with a piece of remnant carpet or is left unrepaired carpet patching is considered to be imperfect but a net overall improvement.