Fixing broken floorboards under carpet

Hacksaw · 29 May 2019

I recently dropped something heavy and it looks to have broken a couple of floorboards. I've now got a 1-foot square dip in the carpet.

The carpet's a cheap, probably underlay-backed one and I was wondering if I could cut round the broken area, remove / cut out the broken floorboards, replace with plywood then glue the cut piece of carpet back in place. Would that work in a way that you couldn't see the cut?

Thanks

bernardgreen · 29 May 2019

Best chance of not seeing the cut lines in the carpet might be to cut as here

Hacksaw · 29 May 2019

That sounds good, thanks

footprints · 29 May 2019

Maybe a silly question but why not lift one side? Is it stuck down?
I bet you will need to open up a bigger hole that the broken bit to repair.

JP_ · 29 May 2019

How heavy was the thing that you dropped? If the floorboards broke, there may be an underlying problem (rot,woodworm) that needs to be properly dealt with.

Hacksaw · 29 May 2019

footprints said:
Maybe a silly question but why not lift one side? Is it stuck down?
I bet you will need to open up a bigger hole that the broken bit to repair.

There's loads of stuff in the room and I'd rather avoid having to move it all. Also, I'm worried about not being able to get it back on the carpet grippers without having those tools that carpet fitters have.

foxhole · 29 May 2019

Proper job is to pull back carpet , cutting the carpet will always show, must have chipboard floor to damage by dropping on it?
You don’t always need a carpet stretcher to replace carpet.
Ordinary bolster can be used to push it down over gripper rod .

footprints · 29 May 2019

foxhole said:
Proper job is to pull back carpet , cutting the carpet will always show, must have chipboard floor to damage by dropping on it?
You don’t always need a carpet stretcher to replace carpet.
Ordinary bolster can be used to push it down over gripper rod .

Yes a bolster will do it if you find it a bit short because it has wrinkled "jump it" my old man was a carpet fitter one of the tricks he taught me. Jump forward with both feet landing in the direction you want the carpet to move.

foxhole · 29 May 2019

footprints said:
Yes a bolster will do it if you find it a bit short because it has wrinkled "jump it" my old man was a carpet fitter one of the tricks he taught me. Jump forward with both feet landing in the direction you want the carpet to move.

Preferably with your golf shoes on

footprints · 29 May 2019

foxhole said:
Preferably with your golf shoes on

JP_ · 29 May 2019

a carpet that doesn't quite fit properly on the edges isn't going to look as bad as one that looks like its been sliced up.

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