Hints for Restoring Pet Damaged Carpet - Pets are a joy to us; they are cute funny and relieve stress. But sometimes spot does just as his name suggests, he spots the carpet! Or your beloved chewy may get locked in the bedroom and decide to dig and chew his way out. All these activities lead to damaged carpet and potentially expensive repairs. Before you go carpet shopping here are a few tips that may save you a bundle.
Scratching the carpet at the edge of a door is a common occurrence in young animals or for animals that have been introduced to a new household. Cats and dogs have both been known to do this. There are two relatively simple measures to repair the damage. The first and easiest is to trim the frayed carpet back and then pull it up slightly and kick at the fold. This will give you an inch or less depending on the quality of the original installation. Lay the carpet back down and install threshold strip.
This type of carpet repair will only work if there is a small amount of damage. If however your precious jewel was a bit more energetic in digging you may have to be more extreme. A good cheap way to repair this would be to cut away the damaged carpet and replace the area with color coordinated tile. Small boxes can be purchased at your local home improvement store or even dollar stores. I have seen them here at Fred's Dollar store for as little as twenty dollars. Measure the area needing replaced to be sure you have enough tiles. I would cut back the carpet to the measure of full tiles, in other words if the area is a tile and a half go ahead and cut away the other half. Simply lay the tile according to box instructions, when finished you may need additional trim, carpet joiners will allow you to cover the edge of carpet and tile to prevent fraying. For these you will need to visit your hardware store or wal-mart. Not only will you have fixed your carpet inexpensively you will now have an area to take dirty shoes off on.
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