Tools and supplies you will need.
Can you fix a patch of carpet.
Use the utility knife to lift the edges of the seam or rip.
If those fraying discoloring factors have concentrated in one particular section of your carpet you can patch the installation rather than replace the entire thing.
Orient the patch so the grain of the carpet runs the same direction as the installed carpet then.
Hold the patch in place for a little while.
Apply carpet adhesive to the fabric and to the carpet edges that surround the hole you cut out.
Place your patch to fill the hole the way that the patch s fibers follow the direction of the rest carpeting fibers.
If carpet tape is not doing the job you can also use carpet glue to hold the patch in position.
Apply some carpet adhesive onto the patch requiring floor.
Keep in mind that if you plan on replacing the carpet the patch will adhere to the padding making it harder to salvage the pad.
Remove the old carpet tape from under both sides of the seam or rip.
A line or 2 of glue on the surface of the carpet pad will often be sufficient.
Properly planned and executed.
Because the donor area is filled in either with a piece of remnant carpet or is left unrepaired carpet patching is considered to be imperfect but a net overall improvement.
If the rip is small enough you might need to lengthen it with the utility knife.