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How to patch a burn carpet with remnants?
Asked by M.A. from San Francisco
on May 29, 2008
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Hi,
I accidentally had my iron set on the carpet and it tipped over while I was not looking and melted the carpet. OOOps. I will need to patch the carpet AND DON'T...
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- Bay Area Floors in San Mateo and Menlo Park has a remnents division. You may want to try them. Good luck!
- Try Floors To Go in San Carlos. Good luck!
- M., If you cannot find a match, and if you own your home and have homeowners insurance, you can place a claim and get your entire carpt replaced. I was able to rep...
Any Recommendation for 14' X 20" Carpet Remnant?
Asked by M.C. from San Francisco
on April 9, 2008
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Hi. I just need to have one room of carpet installed. The prices at local carpet stores for the quality of carpet I want seem high (I could almost have solid oak har...
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- Home depot or Lowes may be cheaper than a regular floor store.
- S&G Carpets (right off of 580)in Pleasanton may be an option. They are highly reputed. Costco and Home Depot may be options too...
- M., We had a carpet issue like this a few years ago too. We went to a local carpet/tile/remodeling company here in Castro Valley: Worley and Sons. They have several r...
Smelly Carpet
Asked by H.G. from Phoenix
on August 9, 2010
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Hi ladies! We just moved in 2 a new rent house and there is one bedroom that smells like dog urine. Its so gross. I had the carpet professionally cleaned and it still ...
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- u might just need to replace the carpet. the urine may have saturiated the carpet, pad and gulp the subfloor. if so when you pull up the carpet yu can try and bleach t...
- Since it is a rental. You need to contact your landlord right away and let them fix the problem. You don't want to be held liable for it and there is always a risk...
- We had this issue a while back. I tried every suggestion that I could find. The two things that seemed to make the biggest impact were saturating the area with oxycl...
Carpet or Hardwood
Asked by A.Z. from Denver
on February 1, 2008
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We are getting ready to remodle our kitchen and livingroom. We don't know if we want carpet or hardwood floors. We have a 3 year old and 10 month boys and a lab. Wh...
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- A., we had parkay wood floor in the kitchen and front entry hall in a house we lived in for 20 years. We raised our family, had pets (cat & black lab) and it was stil...
- My family has hardwood floows and carpet. They are both nice. I have a two year old son. When he was learning to walk it made it hard because he slipped easier unti...
- Hi A., we have recently remodeled also and put in wood in most of the house (including the kitchen). We have a 3 1/2 year old, a 2 year old and a 2 mo along with two...
How to Fix Burn Holes in a Carpet?
Asked by G.W. from Dallas
on August 17, 2011
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Hi Ladies! Do you know how to fix burn holes in a carpet? I have some extra carpet from when ours was laid and I need to fix a few spots - I accidentally pushed a log ...
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- Carpet is VERY expensive -- I would highly recommend having a professional repair your carpet. It is not easy to patch carpet - especially if it is in a high traffic ...
- I, too, had extra carpet and I had my carpet guy do it. I couldn't tell it was patched!
- A great place for a piece of furniture or a rug, or for a pet to lay down on. :)
Need Help with Carpet Cleaning
Asked by R.M. from Lexington
on March 15, 2009
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My daughters, 7 & 8, were cleaning their room and found a box that had a jar of green powder paint. They took it out of the box not realizing the lid was not on well. ...
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- Nature's Miracle. It gets just about anything out. I sell it at my pet boutique to get urine stains and odors out. It works!! It is available at most of the big pe...
- Folex works on most things for us, although you may have already set the stains. You might contact the manufacturer of the paint and ask them for advice. If you have...
- R., You don't say where you're located, but I can highly recommend Turner Carpet Cleaning, owned and operated by Terry and Diane Turner. They were able to get black ...
Flooring or Carpet in Basement?
Asked by S.M. from Chicago
on December 3, 2008
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Hi Moms,
Back in September our finished basement had flooded. We had to rip out all the carpet and padding to throw out. My husband has given me the task of getting...
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- When we finished our basement the guy who did it suggested we get berber carpet and rubber padding. This way, if the basement floods all we have to do is suck the wate...
- S., I second Cathy's advice about berber. Our finished basement has a (cheap) berber with a very thin rubber padding. We have not had flooding but did have a wate...
- We had our basement finished a few years ago and had put it off because the basement had flooded in the past. we just didn't want to deal with the possibility again! W...
Cleaning Hot Sauce Out of Carpet
Asked by D.J. from Tulsa
on March 5, 2009
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My daughter spilled a container of hot sauce on beige berber carpet. Does anyone have any suggestions. I have tried, soda water, hot shot, other carpet cleaners, and ...
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- try a bottle of oxyclean stain remover for laundry. it says on the bottle that it works best on ketchup and red wine stains. It's not only for laundry, also says to ...
- Have you tried Resolve? I have gotten paint out of carpet with Krud Kutter sold at Lowe's.
- I spilled a platter of greasy spaghetti sauce in the entry way onto beautiful paale beige carpet years ago. It took several applications, but I used K2R in the paste ...
Cat Started Pooping on Carpet
Asked by B.K. from Philadelphia
on December 22, 2010
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hey mamas, I am at my wit's end about my six year old female cat. It all started about 6 weeks ago, she started pooping on my son;s new carpet in his room, and when th...
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- See if you can toilet train her. I have heard of people training the cat to go on the toilet. I know it sounds funny but may be an option if she does not like her litt...
- There's something called "cat attract" or similar that vets sell. It may be at a pet store now as well. It's a powder to sprinkle on the litter that makes them want ...
- Your Veterinarian didn't give you a complete answer. The answer is that we don't know if your cat will stop but there are options to try. There is Prozac and other b...
Should I Carpet over Wood Floors?
Asked by J.G. from Minneapolis
on October 26, 2011
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We have a house that was built in 1960 and it has original hardwood floors that, at one point, were covered in carpet. For the most part the floors are in very good co...
