Can anyone help...disaster with my carpet !!?

Question

Last night my boyfriend was just stoking the fire when part of a log fell out and burn crap out of our brand new carpet. we're gutted as we thought our wonderful "stain free" carpet was indestructable but it's now got big black burn marks in it. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO GET BURN MARKS OUT OF A CARPET?? help i'm stuck. the last resort will be putting a small rug over the burnt area...

Answer 1

Well you can cut a piece out and steal a piece from inside a closet....Been there..Just press it in and you'll barely notice...Or you can get some nice tile and cut a strip out all the way around the hearth and fill it with tile.

Answer 2

The only way to deal with a burn is by patching it. I hope you have some off-cuts or a bit you can sacrifice from somewhere else. If you carpet is patterned lay the off-cut over the damaged bit and line up the pattern, if it fits over all the damage then with a very sharp knife and a firm hand cut out a piece from the damaged section smaller than the off-cut. Make sure you leave the underlay in place or it will look silly afterwards. If you cut through the underlay as well, glue that back in before you fit the carpet patch. Use the damaged section as a template to cut the new piece of carpet, remembering to make sure the pattern matches. Then go to a DIY shop and buy some double-sided carpet tape and a can of carpet spray-glue. Work the double-sided tape under the existing piece of carpet so that roughly half of the width of the tape is still showing. Then spray the rest of the exposed underlay with the spray-glue and also, for good measure, spray the underside of the carpet patch with glue too. Then carefully lay the cut-out section of new carpet over the hole press down firmly and leave some heavy weights on it over-night, a phone book makes a good base for the weights because it has a wide surface area to spread the weight over the whole area. If it is a non-patterned carpet it is pretty much the same but just make sure the weave and weft are in the same directiom as the carpet.
I hope this helps, good luck.
PS Staple the old bit of carpet to your boy-friends (enter here his passion) collection so he never forgets what he has done.

Answer 3

are you insured??
because a new carpet is one solution
or you could try a weak bleach mix on the burn area (try a wee tiny bit first)... if it works you can then try tinting the bleached area to match the original carpet with any dyelon colour sponged into the pile...
but for goodness sake be careful because it could make things worse.. it really depends if the carpet is absa horrible unless you attempt fixing the damage.. and rest assured you are not the first and wont be the last to have this kind of accident...

goodluck .. if nothing works buy a rug you love... a real nice one that compensates...
and you'll forget about the burn marks underneath and no onelse will ever know..

Answer 4

OK everyone just seems to think you can drop a new piece of carpet in the hole you cut. That is a good idea until you go to vacuum. You are going to need a professional carpet person to "tape" that cutout hunk in. It should cost about 50 dollars or less to have them do that.

Answer 5

I think your best bet is to cut a patch from under the chest of drawers and fit it in. Cut through both pieces at the same time with a very sharp blade and drop the new piece in.

Answer 6

got a coal fire as well the best solution is to put a nice mat down in front of the fire and replace that every year or two depending on how bad it gets burnt

Answer 7

Sorry, our carpet is ruined from the same thing, so invest in a heavy duty rug and a fire guard . . .

Answer 8

Go to this store they can help try them

http://stores.ebay.com/Manhattan-Rugs_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZQ2d1QQfsubZ0QQftidZ2QQtZkm

Answer 9

Have you got insurance ???