Hi

I made a mistake of keeping a hot iron box on the carpet and that left
an ugly mark on the carpet. I am looking for a good idea as on how to
deal with it,

As of now, it looks like replacing the part is the only option. I am
not sure how to replace a part of the carpet. Since this is on the
stair case, i am assuming that laying a new piece of carpet does now
show up badly.

Any ideas/Suggestions/pointers are greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Sri

"googler" writes:
Hi

I made a mistake of keeping a hot iron box on the carpet and that left
an ugly mark on the carpet. I am looking for a good idea as on how to
deal with it,

As of now, it looks like replacing the part is the only option. I am
not sure how to replace a part of the carpet. Since this is on the
stair case, i am assuming that laying a new piece of carpet does now
show up badly.

Any ideas/Suggestions/pointers are greatly appreciated.

How old is the carpet? Do you have access to the same style and color
of carpet? A good carpet guy can make seams in a carpet that are
unnoticeable and could fix you up.. .provided the new carpet matches
the old. Ironically, an iron is involved in sealing the seams.
:-)

Otherwise, replacing the stairs carpet shouldn't cost too much--it's a
small amount of carpet. The trick would be to find a carpet guy who
doesn't mark up so darned much and who'd be willing to come out and do
a small job like that. They're out there certainly. Act now while
the season is still relatively slow.


--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

"googler" wrote:

I made a mistake of keeping a hot iron box on the carpet and that left
an ugly mark on the carpet. I am looking for a good idea as on how to
deal with it,

As of now, it looks like replacing the part is the only option. I am
not sure how to replace a part of the carpet. Since this is on the
stair case, i am assuming that laying a new piece of carpet does now
show up badly.

See if you can find a carpet sample from a closet. Have a carpet installer use
that carpet for the repair and replace it with something similar.

Clark G. Is right! Taking what you need from a closet is really the
only way to go.Unless your carpet is new you wont find an exact match
in the store. Carpet mills change materials often. Only other soultion
I can think of would be to replace the complete stairway section. Steve

"briz" wrote in message
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Clark G. Is right! Taking what you need from a closet is really the
only way to go.Unless your carpet is new you wont find an exact match
in the store. Carpet mills change materials often. Only other soultion
I can think of would be to replace the complete stairway section. Steve

Yet another example for the list of why you should always stash a little
extra away whenever you do a household decorating or trim project. That
half-box of tiles, stick of odd trim, extra special-order light globe, etc,
etc, may come in damn handy in a few years. If I were to recarpet, I'd
tightly roll the larger scraps, double-bagged in taped visqueen, and stash
high in the basement, back of coat closet, wherever I thought they would
survive undamaged.

(doesn't help this time, of course, but something to keep in mind for the
future.)

aem sends...

Thanks Todd. I am new in the US. Should i approach Home depot to get a
good carpet guy? This is a carpet thats popular.I guess finding that
piece for me is not tough.

"googler" writes:

Thanks Todd. I am new in the US. Should i approach Home depot to get a
good carpet guy? This is a carpet thats popular.I guess finding that
piece for me is not tough.

Home Depot unforutnately is overpriced for installed carpet. And
their lead times were crappy, and they wanted payment up front.

I was able to find a guy locally who installed carpet for about $2 per
square yard more than I can even buy crapier carpet bulk for home
depot.

If you know any realtors, or can befriend one, they tend to have leads
on independent carpet guys who don't have a ton of overhead, deal
directly with the carpet mill/warehouse, and can get things done
quickly.

If it's just that spot you need to replace though, the closet carpet
idea is a fabulous one. And I have to imagine there's a writeup
somewhere that shows how to do carpet seams. You can probably rent the
carpet iron and the sticky backing stuff from home depot, for
instance. Buy some cheap remnant carpet to practice on before trying
the patch repair yerself. And if you completely screw it up the
fallback is to get a carpet guy in to replace the carpet on the
stairs. You'd only be out the carpet iron rental fee and some of your
time.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/