I want to patch my carpet (take a piece from the back of the closet and move it to the bedroom doorway)?

Question

to cover a hole. Where can I buy adhesive to hold the carpet down, and seam sealer to adhere the new piece to the existing carpet? is it worth the hassle?

Answer 1

Taking a piece of carpet from your closet to patch a hole is the best. Every time carpet is made it is a different dye lot or color. Hopefully your carpet is a cut pile or it will be very visible. Take a larger piece of carpet than the hole and place over top of it take a utility knife and cut both pieces of carpet to the same size and shape. Insert new carpet using a hot glue gun around the perimeter of the underside of the carpet patch. Press carpet into place and shift and mess with the fibers until the seam is minimally visible. It not difficult but does require a little time and precision.

Good luck.

Jen

Good luck.

Answer 2

Using your existing carpet is going to be the best way to do this. I would cut the peice from the closet just a little larger then the piece your are replacing then trim it to fit. make sure the grain of the carpet is facing the same direction as when it was layed otherwise the seam will show quite badly. I would use 4" seam tape and an iron set on low to do the seam.

Answer 3

Your idea is good to take a piece from the back of the closet and use it but a better idea would be to go to the carpet shop and ask them for a cut piece of the same material and colour of the carpet used by you which they may even give it to you free of cost and also ask them to give some carpet Gum/bison kit or even the old empty tins from which the carpet fixers might have used. If you get these your problem is solved free of cost if not with a very little expense.

Answer 4

My husband patched a hole in the living room from the fireplace . He used superglue. The living room gets vacuumed 1-2 times a week and it holds up fine.