Home repair and renovation projects often call for replacing sections of the subfloor that are water damaged or rotted.
Replace small carpet sections.
Most subfloors are wood planks or.
We will send a home depot associate to measure your home and ensure the right amount of carpet materials are selected and ordered.
The diameter of a standard can is a good guideline for the size of a replacement piece.
Afterward position something heavy over the area to help set the seam.
Press it over the damaged area and turn until you reach the padding then pull.
Continue around the other edges of the patch in the same manner except in the case where an edge meets a wall as mentioned above.
The effect is that of a reverse throw rug with an island of tile surrounded by carpet.
Measure the carpet area in need of replacement.
If you have a stain that is deep into the fibers or covers a larger area you re going to need to replace the damaged section.
Then use a carpet tractor image 2 to press the carpet down onto the seam tape to reinforce the bond.
Spills cigarette burns and other mishaps can ruin a small area of wall to wall carpeting making it necessary to remove the section as a way to repair the damage.
Replace a damaged section.
The home depot can do that for you.
Replacing carpet with tile in a room is a costly affair.
The measurement fee is 50 max based on location.
How to cut a subfloor to replace sections.
Instead cut out the damaged section of the carpet and replace it with tile.
Patching a carpet is a task that just about every homeowner will face at one time or another.
If one area of your carpeted room is damaged or dirty there is no need to replace the carpet in the entire room.
Hopefully you still have some remnants of carpet that you saved when it was originally installed but if you don t you can still get a replacement section from the back of that closet.
Carefully cut along the outline with a utility knife image 1.
If using a carpet patch kit the included tools make it easy to cut a precise size and shape out of both the existing carpet and the remnant piece.