We were recently contacted by the manager of Holst Victorian House in Cheltenham as the carpet runner on the staircase had a few holes & they were looking to have them repaired. A successful carpet repair will depend on a donor piece of the same carpet (similar colour/condition). This can either be an off-cut, or taken from a cupboard or out-of-the-way area. Ideally, there should be more donor carpet than the area that needs repairing.
Luckily, the customer had around 3 metres spare that we could use which was fortunate as a patterned carpet like this is always trickier to repair than a plain carpet.
As you can see, it is a lovely carpet & not one that you would necessarily see in an area of high traffic.
Whilst we aim to make repairs as seamless as possible, the outlines will sometimes still be visible & this was a potential issue here due to the pattern.
After inspecting the stair carpet & the donor carpet to see the dimensions & the condition of the carpet he is working with, our repair technician Jon got to work. As the customer had a sufficient amount of donor carpet, it was decided that the best course of action was to replace the whole step rather than cutting around the damaged area. This would create a much neater finish.
The cutting of the carpet is done using “naping shears” which allows Jon to trim the carpet pile to the correct/matching height. Once the damaged steps have been cut out, it it time to insert the donor piece. A slight colour variation is common & varies depending on how the donor piece has been stored as well as how much traffic & uv light the surrounding carpet has incurred. However, these minor discrepancies tend to level out over time.
As you can see from this picture, the repairs were done to a really great standard & replacing the whole step worked really well. Not only was this a safer option but was also more visually appealing.
If you have an area of carpet that requires repair, please send us some photos of the damaged area via email to see if a repair is possible. Our email address is hello@greenmancleaning.co.uk or alternatively, all of our contact telephone numbers can be found here – Contact us
And, if you are ever at a loose end in Cheltenham, go & check out the Holst Victorian House for a taste of life in the 1870’s as well as further information about the birth place of one of England’s finest composers, Gustav Holst!
