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.

Diy carpet repair patch.

Remnants from the installation of the carpet make the job a little easier. Or use tape to outline that shape right on the carpet. The hardest part of this diy is to find a patch that would match your existing carpet. The first thing you need to do is to measure the hole.

Steps to patch a hole in your 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. 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. 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.

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. When done correctly this repair eradicates the damaged area with minimal or no evidence.