How to Fix a Frayed Carpet

Annoyed at the sight of tattered edges on your living room carpet? Rest easy. Much like loose sweater threads, your carpet's fuzzy frays can be trimmed so they're unnoticeable. And frayed edges abutting tile, wood or other surfaces can easily be concealed with a carpet bar.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Carpet Bar
• Scissors
• Scissors
• Hacksaw Or Wood Saw
• Hammer Or Screwdriver
• Metal File
• Tape Measure

1. Using a sharp pair of scissors, trim any fuzzy carpet fibers down to the height of the rest of your carpet.

2. To install a carpet bar, measure the width of the passageway with a tape measure.

3. Cut the carpet bar to fit the measurement using a hacksaw (if the bar is metal) or a wood saw. A hacksaw can leave sharp edges on a carpet bar. If necessary, smooth the carpet bar's cut edge using a metal file.

4. Place the carpet bar so it covers the area where the frayed carpet meets the other surface.

5. Use a hammer or screwdriver to attach the carpet bar to the floor. Make sure nails or screws are flush with the carpet bar when you're done.

Tips & Warnings

• If the subfloor is concrete, you'll need to predrill holes with a masonry bit for the nails or screws that hold the carpet bar in place.

[jasonroiz]

on 11/20/2009 I'm trying to find out how to install a carpet bar to but up against both tile and pergo. I still don't understand how to do it. Do I put tack strip on the bar and nail them down together without the carpet over it. Then, I guess you stretch the carpet to the tack strip over the bar. You leave a little overhang and tuck it under the remaining part of the bar? Won't I have to bend the bar up to get the carpet under it? Do I hammer it back down? Will it stay this way?

[willinsatx]

on 9/9/2007 Just like the other article, this article makes no mention of bending the carpet bar "head" back, whether the carpet bar is nailed in flat or not, whether you lay the carpet bar head on the tile or not, and whether you need a piece of wood under the carpet bar to ease the height difference between tile and carpet flooring