Fix Carpet Patch

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.

Fix carpet patch.

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. To patch carpet using a patch repair kit with adhesive disks first measure the damaged area of the carpeting and place duct tape around it. Then use a utility knife to cut along the inside of the tape.

Once you have the replacement piece ready slide the adhesive disk under the edges of the carpet. When done correctly this repair eradicates the damaged area with minimal or no evidence. Next measure and cut the replacement patch. Step 1 fixing a damaged 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. If you don t have remnants a piece of carpeting from a hidden area of the room such as. Remnants from the installation of the carpet make the job a little easier.