I love carpet repairs...

[Kellie Hiler]

Today was repair day...only had one job but it turned out great! A good way to stay working through the winter when there is a foot of snow on the ground and people want to reschedule...
Door #1 before....

After......

Door #2 before...

And after....

 

[hogjowl]

Where'd you get the donor from?

 

[Mikey P]

looks perfect!

 

[BradFenstermaker]

Nice! I should learn to do that.

 

[GeneMiller]

Nice work. I built my business around restretching,patching and dying. Now I don't do any. Never could do Berber. I still carry the mini but rarely use it. I don't miss it one bit. Getting to old to be on my knees that long.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Damn the Gurl has mad skills!

 

[jcooper]

Very nice work!

 

[Cleanworks]

Nice job. I have all the tools but not the skill I need to use them. I was going to be a doctor but didn't have the patients.

 

[Able 1]

Nice work!

 

[hogjowl]

ANSWER THE QUESTION WOMAN!

 

[TimM]

Looks great @Kellie

 

[KevinL]

Brag and run.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Use a closet as prime donor, then a close near miss into the closet ?

 

[dealtimeman]

I believe she has a lot of patience and an eye for detail. Very good work.

Marty will be upset with you if you don't answer his question.

I would just say they hadn't,e extra in the attic

 

[Charlie Lyman]

Nice job. Repairs can bring good money.

 

[Able 1]

I used my Kool glide like twice(bought in 2011 I believe),and rocked it out both times!! Looked great, though I didn't want to do it.. I would have to be more efficient to make any money..

 

[Kellie Hiler]

Where'd you get the donor from?

They had an extra piece....if there is no donor carpet we will take it out of a closet.

 

[Kellie Hiler]

Thank you everyone! I really do enjoy doing repairs. My husband taught me well!
It's actually easy to learn, mostly common sense and having a steady hand when making your cuts. The Kool Glide makes it so much easier too. I couldn't imagine doing it any other way.
For those of you who want to learn, I highly recommend it, it's a great money maker and in the winter when the cleaning slows down the repairs don't.
Stretching is obviously trickier but once you get the logistics down, it's easy to figure out.
And yes @Lee Stockwell when you don't have a donor you can take it from a closet and put something close in its place. If the patch is really small you can pull a piece from under the baseboards, you'd be surprised how much carpet you can get from there, especially if the carpet wasn't stretched in during install.

 

[Kellie Hiler]

I believe she has a lot of patience and an eye for detail. Very good work.

Marty will be upset with you if you don't answer his question.

I would just say they hadn't,e extra in the attic

It's called OCD...

 

[Nate The Great]

My pops taught me carpet repairs and even taught me how to install... My knees aren't cut out for that...

The big thing now is laminate repairs... That's where the money is...

 

[bob vawter]

Quite impressive Kellie.....


it is also nice to know that Lee
is finally out of the closet................

 

[Kellie Hiler]

Lol!! Thank you Bawb!

 

[regarossa]

Wow! Now that is impressive... Nice Job!