Can You Replace A Patch Of Carpet

Properly planned and executed.

Can you replace a patch of 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. 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. 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.

Determine the size of the carpet to be cut out and whether you want to cut a rectangular or circular replacement patch to fill the area in. Measure the damaged area of the carpeting. Apply some carpet adhesive onto the patch requiring floor. Tools and supplies you will need.

Rectangular patches can be cut using a utility knife while circular patches can be cut using a circular carpet cutter. If those fraying discoloring factors have concentrated in one particular section of your carpet you can patch the installation rather than replace the entire thing. As long as the damaged area isn t too large you can save the time and expense of replacing the. 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.