Berber repair with pics

[joey895]

This is my first berber repair. It went pretty smooth. It is raised up a little higher than the surrounding carpet but I believe that's due to the fact it's in a high traffic area and the donor piece is brand new, I believe it'll level out with the rest pretty quick. Even right now it looks better than any of the other seams in the house, they are all very visable. The customer was thrilled. This house is owned by a church and evidently they have been debating for a while about what to do about this damage.

It was on a seam. I wasn't 100% sure if that would make any difference but I didn't treat it any differently.

Before

Squared off with primary backing removed

After

After reverse angle

 

[joe harper]

Joey,

Very good for your 1st Berber repair...

Little-Secret.. Many times with this type of PULL...You can Twist the yarn between your
fingers until it is tight....Then re-tuft ...or.."poke" it back through the primary & secondary backing with a carpet AWL or even a kitchen FORK...

If you don't have seam-sealer with you....Put some clear finger-nail-polish on broken fibers !

 

[Jack May]

Great job Joey!!

John

 

[dealtimeman]

looking good !

 

[Harry Myers]

Looking good Joey.

 

[ACE]

Nice Job.

 

[ultimate]

excellent job
a few weeks and you would not find it
alan

 

[Harry Myers]

Joey next time hit it with a hammer and flatten it out.

 

[Jack May]

Joey next time hit it with a hammer and flatten it out.

After steaming it first to make it more pliable.

John

 

[Jim Martin]

yours came out a lot better then Marty's ..........

 

[joey895]

Thanks for the tips. I'll definatly do that next time.

 

[harryhides]

Good job Joey.
With practice you'll get the time to do the job way down.