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If your carpet is looking a little worse for wear, you might be tempted to replace it – after all, who wouldn’t be tempted by all the amazing carpet options we have here at Tapi? But there are some pretty quick fixes you can make yourself that will have your carpet looking good as new.
Learn how to repair holes and rips in your carpet with our DIY tips and instructions. This guide will take you through everything from carpet patch repairs to how to fix a hole in your carpet without extra carpet scraps.
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If you’re looking at how to fix ripped or damaged carpet, we recommend speaking with one of our flooring experts to see what your options are. They’ll be able to tell you whether your carpet needs replacing completely, or if our professional carpet fitters could come by and help you out with repairs.
But if it’s only a small repair and you’re feeling pretty confident, we’ve gathered a list of tools and materials you’ll need in your carpet repair kit.
You will need:
Now you have your carpet repair kit ready to go, discover how to repair common carpet problems with our guidance below.
Tapi Top Tip: You should keep any offcuts from your new carpet when it’s first installed, just in case you need to repair it in the future.
Mistakes happen. There are plenty of ways you might accidentally burn a patch of carpet. From dropped irons to candles and hair styling tools, we’ve seen it all. If a one-off accident has left a scorch mark that needs fixing, learn how to repair your carpet with our steps below.
Your first step should be to clean as much of the burn mark as possible with a damp cloth and carpet cleaner. For minor damage, this may help to remove stains from the carpet.
If the scorch marks are proving difficult to remove, you may need to remove some of the carpet. Sometimes, this might just mean replacing a few strands in the affected area, which is a relatively easy process:
For larger burns and holes, you may need to remove the entire affected area and replace it with a patch of spare carpet, such as a cutoff. The easiest and neatest way to do this is as follows:
Melted carpet tends to happen under extreme heat, as carpet fibres can be flammable. For example, your carpet could be too close to an electric or log-burning fire. Or you may have accidentally left a pair of straighteners or an iron on the floor.
Reducing the risk of exposed heat is the best way to prevent melted carpet. But if you’re already looking at melted carpet fibres, we have a few ways to fix it.
For areas that are only mildly affected, use medium-grit sandpaper to sand away the melted fibres. This is an effective method for fixing surface-level melting or burning.
If your carpet is more damaged than this, follow the same process as fixing a burned carpet. You might be able to replace the melted fibres or cut and replace the area with a carpet patch repair.
Though we might try to avoid it, torn carpets can happen in various ways. Perhaps you dropped something sharp, or maybe you tried to move furniture without lifting it. Some small tears are easy to fix, while larger rips can be more complicated.
You may decide that the rip is too large and noticeable to repair, in which case, replacing the carpet is the most sensible approach. But for small to medium tears, here’s how to fix them:
This quick fix involves taking super glue and glueing the rip back together as carefully as you can. We recommend taking up the carpet and applying the superglue to the underside, so you don’t get any superglue on the carpet fibres and create a noticeable seam.
Alternatively, you may find that sewing your carpet back together requires less mess and effort. If so, take a needle with a large eye and thick carpet thread that matches the colour of your carpet. Start from one end of the tear to the other, keeping your stitches close together to avoid any future tears.
A hole in your carpet will not be easy to glue or sew back together like a rip because a piece of your carpet is now missing. This may be caused by gradual wear and tear from things like heavy furniture. Using protective pads on your furniture legs can help prevent this.
Depending on the size, you can often fix small holes using strands from the edge of the carpet:
What if the hole is too large to replace the carpet strand by strand? If you don’t have extra carpet cutoffs to hand, another method is to use a patch of carpet from a hidden area of your home:
Carpets are made to withstand wear and tear over time, but they’re only fabric after all. Doorways are high-traffic areas, so it’s not uncommon for carpet to become frayed or come loose from the door threshold.
Depending on the damage, you may have a few options to fix frayed carpet in the doorway:
If your carpet is only frayed in a few minor spots, use fabric scissors to carefully trim the fraying carpet pile or threading to match.
If your carpet has simply pulled away from the door threshold and become frayed, you may be able to fit the carpet back beneath the door trim. That way, it’s nice and tidy again.
If your doorway is beyond minor carpet repairs due to an accident or a troublesome pet, you can replace fraying carpet like any other damage.
Cut out the damaged area and replace it with a large patch of carpet that will easily overlap with the door threshold and edges. You can then tuck the carpet back in with clean edges.
This will also work if you have seamless carpet running through the doorway, rather than a transition from carpet to vinyl, for example. Follow the same steps to adhere the new patch to the rest of the carpet before brushing out any seams.
If you’re not comfortable with making these repairs yourself, or you would just prefer a professional to help you out, that’s okay too. It’s easy to enquire with a carpet cleaning company or repair company to help sort it out.
At Tapi, our expert floorologists are happy to discuss carpet cleaning, repairs or whether we think your carpet might need replacing. Simply head to your local Tapi store and we’ll give you a quick diagnosis.
Replacing your carpet? We also offer a carpet removal service to help make the process as convenient and straightforward as possible. Get in touch today to get started.
Published: 14-11-2024
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