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March 12, 2010, 03:53 PM
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a Floor Pro
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Georgia
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how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
This short video demonstrates some basics on how to patch a berber carpet. Steve Gordon says he has 30 years experience in carpet repair.
YouTube - How to patch Berber carpet
Last edited by TFP Admin; March 12, 2010 at 05:42 PM.
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March 12, 2010, 04:00 PM
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Semi-Retired
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Missouri
Posts: 6,226
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re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
Wonder why he didn't use a sharp blade in that knife?
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March 12, 2010, 05:49 PM
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Retired from Sales & Installations
Join Date: May 2006
Location: The REAL Northern California
Posts: 2,150
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re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
Using a sharp blade was the least of the problems in this video. No seam sealer? No row cutting? No Roller? No pre-cutting (beyond the one side)? No stretching or re-stretching?
It's really a shame there are more videos on how to do something wrong than how to do it right.
Jim
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March 12, 2010, 06:10 PM
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The One and Only
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Davison,Mi
Posts: 5,675
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Re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
He may have seam sealed even though we didn't see it. There was an Orcon glue gun in the first part of the video.
That guy would think he had died and went to heaven with a Koolglide I bet.
He definitely needed a new blade.
I always prefit it all before I even start a patch. One thing I did notice is how he got the iron out. I found a little trick there. If you run the iron in reverse or backwards you can heat the tape far under the end and just pull the iron out as if finishing a seam. Worked for me many times.
Daris
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March 12, 2010, 07:44 PM
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stretcherman
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Georgia
Posts: 714
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Re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
a koolglide is worth its weight in gold on a repair like that
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March 13, 2010, 02:08 AM
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It is what it is
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Bottom left corner of Paradise
SW Florida
Posts: 953
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Re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
What I liked about it was the duct tape he didn't remove from the back of the patch piece.
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March 13, 2010, 06:22 AM
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a Floor Pro
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Just south of Mayberry
Posts: 712
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Re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
Wow, that was painful to watch even. That repair actually looked a lot better than it had any right to.
Was the guy doing the talking the same guy from those mobile home carpet videos?
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March 13, 2010, 09:22 AM
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a Floor Pro
Join Date: May 2006
Location: washington state/everett
Posts: 1,561
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Re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
creative carpet repair .com hmmm  
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March 13, 2010, 09:30 AM
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Semi-Retired
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Missouri
Posts: 6,226
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Re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
OMG, he's from my area! 
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March 13, 2010, 09:40 AM
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Administrative Assistant
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Boise, Idaho
Posts: 6,813
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Re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
rusty baker said
OMG, he's from my area!
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I do not think so Rusty. When I go to the site it makes it look like he is in Garden City Idaho (a small city within the Boise city limits).
The contractors license number is a CA number I thing. It is nowhere near the license numbers that Idaho uses.
Also the training is in CA.
Can you believe this is a real franchise
And the numbers he gives $1000 - $1500 per day 
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March 13, 2010, 09:43 AM
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Semi-Retired
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Missouri
Posts: 6,226
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Re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
When I go on there, it shows Springfield, Mo.
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March 13, 2010, 09:47 AM
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Administrative Assistant
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Boise, Idaho
Posts: 6,813
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Re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
I would bet that when DJ goes on there it will show somewhere in WA. etc
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March 13, 2010, 10:28 AM
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The One and Only
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Davison,Mi
Posts: 5,675
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Re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
Damn!! the guy gets around he is here about 7-10 miles from my house. Funny thing though he has a license number and Michigan don't require it.
Daris
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March 13, 2010, 10:59 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: May 2006
Location: teh Ether
Posts: 6,637
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Re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
The website uses a JavaScript applet from Google to determine where you are located, based on your IP address. It then makes the second line of the home page appear to any visitor that the company is just a short distance away.
Further into the website, he indicates that the license is in California. I couldn't find where he actually used the JavaScript to fool anyone into believing the license was from their state, but the absence of the name of the state on several pages could fool the reader into believing the license number is from their state.
I'm sure he thinks this is all a legitimate marketing ploy, but it smacks of deceit to me.
Jim
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March 13, 2010, 08:19 PM
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a Floor Pro
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Posts: 3,981
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Re: how to patch berber carpet... NOT!
rusty baker said
OMG, he's from my area!
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Admit it Rusty it's you doing the filming! LOL
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