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Carpet Repair
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P The stairs in my home are covered in carpet. On the landing, my cat P has pulled the carpet fibers out, leaving a nice 3 inch by 3 inch bare P spot. I do have a remnant of carpet from when it was installed 4 P years ago. There may be a slight color difference; carpet that has P never seen the light of day vs carpet that is in a highly trafficked P area. P P I'd like to cut out the bare spot and replace it with a section from P the remnant. Any suggestions on repairing this? How do I make sure P the cat doesn't pull the patch up; he's pretty strong? I'll be P selling the house within 1 year and this is the only trouble spot in P regards to the carpet. I would be inclined to replace the entire landing with the remnant, rather than just the 3x3" damaged area. As you indicated, the new carpet will be a somewhat different colour than the old because of fading and wear. There is also fiber orientation: carpet will look darker (or lighter!) one way than the other. Not to mention it's probably going to be a lot easier to hold in a big piece than a small piece. Be sure to do over the stair edge and tack underneath. - ¯ barry.martinþATþthesafebbs.zeppole.com ® * RAISIN: Grape with a sunburn. --- þ RoseReader 2.52á P003186 þ The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA 563-359-1971 --- þ RIMEGate(tm)/RGXMod V1.13 at BBSWORLD * |
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