Diy Carpet Repair Patch

For the price of a patch kit some glue and a star roller about 30 total you can make an invisible repair that will last the life of the carpet.

Diy carpet repair patch.

Just grab a piece of chalk and use a ruler to outline a square or a rectangle or a circle shape around it. If no remnants can be found cut a small portion of carpet from the back of a closet or other out of the way space to provide a repair piece. 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. Steps to patch a hole in your carpet.

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. Remnants from the installation of the carpet make the job a little easier. The hardest part of this diy is to find a patch that would match your existing carpet. 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.

The first thing you need to do is to measure the hole. Or use tape to outline that shape right on the carpet.