Interior Home Repair

Keep the elegance of a wooden stairwell but have all the comfort and safety of carpeted stairs when you install carpet treads. This can be a relatively easy do-it-yourself project accomplished in...

It has happened to everyone at some point. Perhaps a dinner party turned messy when your freshly steamed, white carpet got streaked with red wine. Or perhaps you came home one day to find melted...

Cat urine is an unpleasant odor that you do not want to let permeate your living environment, especially when laying carpet. No amount of baking soda or carpet deodorizer will cover up a smell...

Redoing the flooring in your home makes a huge difference. Whether you are doing a complete remodel or a simple clean-up project, flooring will make the project look and feel better.

There's nothing worse than a large, dark and penetrating stain to spoil a plush, new carpet. But for a lived-in and lively home, carpet stains are practically inevitable. Whether it's a house...

Although carpet repair is complex, with a good eye and a few tools, repairs of minor damage and stains can be done without professional help. You will need a few items including liquid laundry...

Refinishing a basement can be a difficult task. From sealing cracks, patching holes and hanging drywall, a basement project can take on a life of its own. Once the walls and ceiling are done, it...

Cigarette burns: For small burnt or frayed areas, you can use a razor blade knife and cut out a little one or two inch square of carpet.

Even the most careful individual will end up with a few spills on their carpets over time, but spills do not have to turn into stains. Spots can be cleaned with good success with products designed...

Smoke removal from a home or business can be very tricky, but with just a few simple practices it can be done. Whether you have the money to replace everything or not, these are the steps you can...

Do you have a running snag (a long, loose but not broken thread) in your Berber carpet? These ugly consequences of wear and tear can really bring down the whole look of your home. Pets can also...

Almost any substance can stain a rug or carpet, and, despite what advertisers may claim, few carpets are stain-proof. Given the right substance, be it blood, grape juice, chocolate or some other...

Carpeting is expensive to purchase and install. The last thing you want to have to do is hire someone to repair the carpet when it is damaged. Do it yourself carpet repair may be the first option...

As everyone who has ever owned a puppy knows, urine stains are almost inevitable in a house full of young pets. These stains are a pain to clean up and an even further pain to remove if you find...

Carpet tape and other construction adhesives are specifically designed to adhere firmly and resist any sort of degrading, slipping or adhesion failures. Since construction adhesives are designed...

You don't need a professional, or alot of money, to repair small burns in your carpet. By following these simple steps, you can have your carpet looking new in no time!

Repairing a hole, or even a worn spot, in your carpet is as easy as 3 simple steps.

Cleaning shag carpet requires adjusting the vacuum setting to the highest possible setting to avoid getting the fibers tangled in the rollers. Keep a shag carpet clean, careful never to scrub the...

Measuring stairs to install carpet requires adding two inches to the width of the stairs to account for folded edges, or subtracting six inches from the width to account for a carpeted runner....

To get finger nail polish out of carpet, apply a small amount of hydrogen peroxide to the stain and gently blot the area with a soft cloth or paper towel, increasing the strength of chemicals in...

Cleaning paint from carpet begins with blotting the area to remove excess paint. Next apply soapy water and continue blotting the stain with a sponge until the paint has been removed. Remove fresh...

When removing nail polish from a carpet start with a less damaging chemical like hydrogen peroxide and blot it on the stain. Avoid rubbing the nail polish stain to avoid disturbing carpet fibers...

Remove latex paint from a carpet by first dabbing it with a soft white cloth and then pressing on the stain with a wet sponge. Take out a paint stain from a rug by using warm water and detergent...

When picking carpet for a room, decide how much foot traffic that room is likely to receive. Add resale value to a home by installing nice carpets with help from a home repair specialist and...

Getting rid of fleas in your home and carpet can be a daunting task. No one wants to use more chemicals for flea protection. Luckily, there are home remedies for killing fleas which are very...

Taking up old carpet is not a fun task, but it is a necessary one if you are re-doing your floors. While there are several ways you can pull up carpet, some methods are more efficient than others....

If you have children or a pet at home, or you had party with friends last night, they left stains on your pretty carpet and you want to remove the stain without hiring a professional cleaning...

Have you ever had a burn in your carpet because a cigarette somehow thought the floor was an ashtray.

When you look at your carpet and realize that it has had enough with this life and there is no hope ... Wait.. Utilize these few tips to save that old carpet and make it look fresh, new and ready...

Paint spills on carpet are a nasty business, especially if not caught soon enough. Fortunately, even old paint stains can be easily removed from carpet fibers using materials readily available in...

Bleach is a great cleaner, but its stains are impossible to remove. This can be especially frustrating when bleach spills onto carpeting. In the long run, you may want to replace the carpet, but...

Don't be afraid to move or rearrange your furniture just because of carpet that's matted or crushed. Your just a couple steps away from eliminating them altogether. So change things up and create...

No, carpet doesn't really rust. But, if there's something under it or next to it that is rusting, your carpet will show signs of rusty-looking dirt and stains. No matter how often you vacuum or...

Those hard stains that never go away, here's some help.

Cranberry juice, chocolate milk or bbq sauce stain? Kids often try to hide a stain, not realizing the longer it sets in the worse it becomes! This even works on old set in stains!

Do you have a spot on your carpet where something (!) has happened and you now have a hole? I was just visiting my daughter and a friends dog had smelled something that had been spilled in a area...

This how-to will allow you to use common household items to remove troublesome stains from your carpets.

Wall to wall carpeting can come loose for several reasons, though the most common are faulty installation and high traffic. Regardless of the reason, the solution is simpler than you might...

Most homes have carpeting, and many of us like to keep our carpeting in great shape. Unfortunately, from time to time we will manage to spill something on our carpeting that can really leave a...

Light colored carpeting can be lovely and can give a room a very clean, wide-open feeling. The problem with it, though, is that is tends to show every stain and sometimes attracts them. One of the...

While most good quality carpet products these days are manufactured to be stain resistant, accidents involving spilled food and drinks continue to account for most carpet stains in the home. And...

Learn how to get candle wax out of your carpet fast and easy!

Read on to learn how to get bubble gum or melted gummy bears out of hair, carpet, upholstery or fabric.

Somebody spilled a glass of wine, dropped a cigarette or your new puppy had an "accident". Whatever caused it you now have big mark in your carpet and it's ugly. Don't despair, here's a good...

Tears in carpet happen any of a number of ways. You might have been moving something and ripped the carpet or your dog scratched the carpet a little too hard. Regardless, there are some easy steps...

You can fix a jute carpet at home as long as the repairs needed are minor. Binding a jute carpet requires a little bit of sewing experience and some patience. Repair the fraying edge of a jute...

Heavy foot traffic, improper installation or poor quality--whatever the cause of your split carpet seam, the repair calls for minimal skills and tools. You can have those curled-up edges tacked...