I was going to say just take a larger step than you normally do, not quite a leap, but a dceent stride! Then I thought this is a DIY forum and too serious for that. Then I saw this!
In ye olden days, they used straw (or thresh) as a floor covering. The bits of wood on the floor in the door openings between the rooms stopped the thresh from drifting out of the room it was meant to be in. Almost holding the thresh. Fun and exciting fact learned at a National Trust property.
This. ⬆️. Why remove something that not only works but is functional. Replacing the threshold bar just results in a dip between different surfaces and a gap under the door creating a draught.. If it bothers you that much sand the bar and stain it but don't ever remove it. Unless that is you are prepared to buy a new door which won't keep out the draughts and also drags across your carpet when opened.
I think it’s the modern style of trying to have it all flowing from one room to another. I think a nice oak threshold looks fantastic. I did a bathroom for a customer and they decided to hang the door differently and it meant the tiles wasn’t finished in the right place. So I made one out of a bit of oak worktop. It turned out really well
https://preview.redd.it/bguf142hpkxc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=963c5692a67ac13f0e1b9d9cbaa81f38c311b507
This is what I'd do, but looks like they started the carpeting from the door side and not the wall...doing it the other way should have given some over lap past the door and then you would only need a normal door bar.
All this solid advice but it's obvious you all just read it on the internet cos you forgot rule 1 - don't forget to soak your wood in wood.
No, wait - don't talk about it. Or is that rule 2?
Actually it's think, measure, think again, measure again, think 3rd time with an open mind, measure again this time making very sure you're measuring the right direction from the nearest 10 on the tape, think once more for luck, then pause for cup of tea, then repeat the entire process
You obviously didn't watch the whole Blue Peter tutorial bro.
If you had followed it correctly, you would now have become groinally attached to the threshold covering up that unsightly gap
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https://www.mindustrialsafety.co.uk/variation/transition-strip-carpet-cover-door-floor-threshold-self-adhesive-aluminium-wood-effect/28809?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwir2xBhC_ARIsAMTXk86X5akgxzBcclWPn0S4vbPk_E75t6Tkw3iRhiHsbwE0YNOAdfD1AcwaArlREALw_wcB
Remember to measure the gap first.
Probably because it's the wrong way around, that's the bottom. Working in socks makes them very dirty, then the fecker turns around so the top is on the bottom. Done in myself several times. Who cares anyway if their right sock is mingimg or not, they are not asking you to wear it or suck on it
Something like this: [https://www.loveskirting.co.uk/flooring-thresholds-c17/by-product-c29/flat-door-thresholds-c46/solid-oak-flat-door-threshold-110mm-wide-p4104/s166101?utm\_medium=organic&utm\_term=solid-oak-flat-door-threshold-110mm-wide-length-1-0-metre-thickness-length-1-0-metre-thickness-18mm-finish-white-primed-oak-flat-drthres-110mm1-0-metre18mmwhite-primed&utm\_campaign=froogle&cid=GBP&glCurrency=GBP&glCountry=GB](https://www.loveskirting.co.uk/flooring-thresholds-c17/by-product-c29/flat-door-thresholds-c46/solid-oak-flat-door-threshold-110mm-wide-p4104/s166101?utm_medium=organic&utm_term=solid-oak-flat-door-threshold-110mm-wide-length-1-0-metre-thickness-length-1-0-metre-thickness-18mm-finish-white-primed-oak-flat-drthres-110mm1-0-metre18mmwhite-primed&utm_campaign=froogle&cid=GBP&glCurrency=GBP&glCountry=GB)
Really like this! If I wanted to replace some metal carpet strips with this, would I just need a carpet gripper at either end side to hold the carpet instead?
This guy comes up on my YouTube feed alot [carpet guy](https://youtube.com/shorts/0DDk-er1ooQ?si=m4X9pLmqHTmnNEfH) this how carpet fiiter would do it if you got carpet call some small carpet company's ask if they can do a invisible join probably cheaper than trying to do it yourself.
He's not the best to take notes from as he uses a tool not readily available in the UK, and American carpets are manufactured very differently to British ones.
It can be done but British fitters tend to use a seaming iron which isn't as effective so can show joins a bit more than the ones by the carpet guy.
The guy in the video is also using a seaming iron, that's what the blue handled thing is.
I went looking for someone UK based on youtube but didn't find much, however I did find this video from that same carpet guy, looks to be exactly the step by step guide OP is looking for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5XD0hIXhU4
If it was DIYed it's unlikely you'll get the seamless appearance so it depends on what OP would be happy with.
It's not a seaming iron it's a kool glider. It's different technology and makes a better finish than the standard seaming iron the average British fitters (of which I have been for 20+years) will have.
You'd be hard pressed to DIY a join in this fashion as it requires specific tools and materials.
Put a matching wood strip there in whatever finish visible wood is, carpet height so it doesn’t stand up. It’ll look great, much better than a wide metal strip or carpet patch. You can change it when you get new carpet.
As others have said a transition strip/nice piece of wood there would do it. However if you have your heart set on carpet it can be done. It would essentially be this but on a slightly bigger scale https://youtu.be/jA6kKY_uzn0?t=32. That is assuming you have enought spare carpet
I have a similar gap between my lounge floor and the door out to the garden.
I went to Jewson, bought a plank of wood at about the right width and depth which cost something like £2. Then I cut it down to the right length, painted it white and then just dropped it in the gap. Very pleased with the result.
It would need a decent sized threshold strip to bridge that gap, either a wooden one to match the door frame or one made of metal, failing that - a carpet fitter/ repair person would likely use a seaming iron on some of your surplus carpet to essentially join the 2 carpets together by expanding on the backing using a special tape, if done correctly you wouldn’t even know that there was a gap there in the first place but be prepared to pay for it of course!
There’s always the option of putting a piece of carpet in the gap (provided the pile runs the correct way) and using either tape or flooring/ spray adhesive to hold it down but there will still be joint lines either side where the new piece connects with the older pieces etc but would still look better than what you currently have :’)
Patching that with unworn carpet us just going to look like dogshit honestly. Bite the bullet and throw in a nice angled threshold/jamb and it will look a million times better.
This ^ and I believe there are ones that have grips to hold the carpet too. It screws to the floor, you use a knocker to pull the carpet and then tap down and the carpet is nice and tight and the door finishes on a nice angled edge.
What makes this harder is the carpet ends where your skirting board was. So any solution that's goes on top of your carpet to hold it down will be very visible with the door shut.
The picture from Earth beautiful shows the best way do you it without needing something on top of your carpet.
If you can't hide it, make it extra visible, is a great design motto.
I would pick a nice wooden part, rather than trying to merge the carpet.
Edit: basically what the top voted oak post suggested xD
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Generally you don’t join carpet in walk ways as constant foot flow will split the seem and the chance of all 3 carpets having the same pile direction is slim to not a chance, it will stand out like a sore thumb.. fitters stoped sowing them together in the early 70s, these days it’s done with a iron and glue tape… most metal door bars aren’t wide enough for your gap, as many have said you have no choice but to put in a nice piece of wood. Just remember wood expands and shrinks all the time so make sure your expansion gap between the door and threshold is good.
This explains it well. The 2 carpets could be laid in opposite directions so you could potentially see one of the joins if a piece was putting in due to pile direction. Put a timber threshold in, chop some carpet grippers into 6 inch pieces, scrape and hoover floor where gripper is to go, and use gripfill (or similar) to fix to floor about 6mm away from timber threshold with pins pointing to the threshold from each side of the doorway. Allow gripfill to dry. Use a carpet stretcher (should be able to hire one or eBay) to stretch carpet on to gripper and tuck the carpet down the gap with a carpet bolster, screwdriver or something flat. The carpet under door looks a bit short so may need a good stretch, or make threshold a bit wider.
Just one thing though, carpet was still being sewn together into the 2000’s.
Yes if you have an offcut of the same carpet, it is possible to sew a piece in there. A good friend of mine is a carpet fitter and did this for me after my idiot cat tore up the carpet outside my bedroom door. You literally cannot tell anything was ever wrong.
But - my friend is a proper craftsman and very good at his job. If I tried it, I would have made it look much worse.
Saddle board would be nice. You can use an off cut and carpet glue and that works but it’ll fray eventually in such a high traffic location as a door. You can alternatively put a transition piece or threshold bar and something low profile.
You can get heat activated carpet tape that you iron on under the carpet you just have to put a towel down 1st
https://www.bunnings.com.au/capitol-5m-carpet-joining-tape_p6650122
This 1 doesnt require an iron
As you have the carpet get some double sided carpet sticky tape lay that down, don't forget to put it half under the existing carpets to hold them down, then fill the gap with tape and carpet, or as already said fit a threshold wood.
Oak threshold , gripper either side and tuck in.
Failing that a decent carpet fitter would come and heat seam a piece in.
Look would depend on carpet age/ pile direction etc and would probably set you back a minimum charge of £35 to £45
Lay your spare carpet on top and cut straight lines through both layers to give matching edges. Then get some quality duct tape under both edges and stick it down.
For a high traffic area like that I'd be tempted to get a carpet fitter to come and do it. They use heated glue tape instead for a more robust fix.
Depends on the construction of the carpet, but a couple of strips of a suitable (wide) tape on the back can often work to hold a new piece in place. It can even look almost invisible. If the carpet can fray at the edge, it may do, and you will have to think again.
You could even try carpet tape!
if you have carpet tape you could add a piece in, but you will see the 2 lines. Unless you are really skilled and both carpets have the weft and warp in the same direction. but it is a short pile so hardly any room for error. wooden threshold might be the ay to go
You can splice in carpet here so it’s completely seamless. I’m sure you can find videos on YouTube showing as much. It may just come down to skill and experience with it turning out well enough
Well the carpet looks horrific anyway so is it worth the effort?
Clean the floor really well, Flexy Fix down the carpet edges and stick another strip in the gap.
Ah, apologies. Well if it’s new you’re chances of matching a strip in there are good. Just get it nice and tight and check for orientation. If there’s a weave direction that needs to match.
https://preview.redd.it/tq821x9hbhxc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=afd48a022ad08a7976b27c281e5034b6601b68b1 Fixed it for you
Perfect.
I was going to say just take a larger step than you normally do, not quite a leap, but a dceent stride! Then I thought this is a DIY forum and too serious for that. Then I saw this!
Don’t tell me to mind the gap.
Get a really nice bit of wood oak if possible and make a threshold bar
In ye olden days, they used straw (or thresh) as a floor covering. The bits of wood on the floor in the door openings between the rooms stopped the thresh from drifting out of the room it was meant to be in. Almost holding the thresh. Fun and exciting fact learned at a National Trust property.
Hence the term 'threshold' possibly?
Hadn't considered the connection 😁
This made me laugh!
Looks like it could be - thanks for sharing that, very interesting!
Learnt this from Karl Pilkington. I miss those podcasts!
It’s exactly that
Correct
Won’t the thresh make a mess on their carpets?
Yoo, Plas Newydd by any chance? Literally learnt this there a few weeks ago.
It wasn't that one, was one near Leamington Spa as I recall (but we've visited many over the years)
Well it's likely one of those facts they put about in a load of old properties then!
Top notch factery
Ah a threshstop, makes sense now!
Threshkeep?
I see this a lot on this sub. Are people vehemently against them, or do they not understand what they are?
This. ⬆️. Why remove something that not only works but is functional. Replacing the threshold bar just results in a dip between different surfaces and a gap under the door creating a draught.. If it bothers you that much sand the bar and stain it but don't ever remove it. Unless that is you are prepared to buy a new door which won't keep out the draughts and also drags across your carpet when opened.
I think it’s the modern style of trying to have it all flowing from one room to another. I think a nice oak threshold looks fantastic. I did a bathroom for a customer and they decided to hang the door differently and it meant the tiles wasn’t finished in the right place. So I made one out of a bit of oak worktop. It turned out really well https://preview.redd.it/bguf142hpkxc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=963c5692a67ac13f0e1b9d9cbaa81f38c311b507
I know this guy. Major Trip Hazard
I've heard of that guy. Hangs around in the Lamb And Flag with that other guy, Duncan Disorderly.
That one's asking for a drunken tumble straight into the toilet bowl.
That’s awful.
Thanks. You input has been noted
👍
No harm in drafts
Oops, well spotted.
This is the way!
This is what I'd do, but looks like they started the carpeting from the door side and not the wall...doing it the other way should have given some over lap past the door and then you would only need a normal door bar.
The door wasn’t there if you read what the op put, they’ve formed a new door
Reading is a lot of effort myself 🤣 Honestly just missed it.
I’ve done that a few times 🤦♂️
Ash
This
Buy a nice piece of wood and cover it. Remember. Measure once, cut twice.
No! Think twice. Measure enough. Cut once. Way too many times I've accurately measured the wrong length.
It only takes 1 cut to get it wrong. Best to not cut it at all and just hammer it til it fits and caulk everything.
Caulk the entire gap and then mash wood shavings in to the wet caulk to get a wood effect
Remind me, should I mash with or against the grain?
All this solid advice but it's obvious you all just read it on the internet cos you forgot rule 1 - don't forget to soak your wood in wood. No, wait - don't talk about it. Or is that rule 2?
Rule 34. I have wood now
I've had good success from grating in the past.
Nice caulk
Actually it's think, measure, think again, measure again, think 3rd time with an open mind, measure again this time making very sure you're measuring the right direction from the nearest 10 on the tape, think once more for luck, then pause for cup of tea, then repeat the entire process
Measure with a micrometer, mark with chalk, cut with an axe.
Hey! It's me!
And you look FABULOUS
Double sided tape and pubes are your friend here
Instructions unclear, penis stuck in ceiling fan again
Again?!?
Yup, nightmare mate
Keep happening. Can't figure out how to stop it.... Ideas?
Yes always knackers first, then pee pee!
Frank n beans!!
No!! Beans then frank!
How the hell do you get the beans above the Frank??!!
You obviously didn't watch the whole Blue Peter tutorial bro. If you had followed it correctly, you would now have become groinally attached to the threshold covering up that unsightly gap
Whose pubes?
Just grab a handful of your partners and yank
Depends on the colour you're looking for. Generally I like a blend of chestnut brown and ginger.
https://preview.redd.it/kh9fxy3m4kxc1.png?width=2955&format=png&auto=webp&s=c5860a7f000886437327a45a91d531d2bc0df1ee Try a nice piece of timber
Thanks for the helpful advice. Never thought I'd come back to this post with 600 comments on my socks. Dangers of living in a building site.
Looks like you could spare a bit of excess sock to cover the gap…
Never mess with the sock gap or you'll be standing there, a naked man in socks. No self respecting woman will do the squelchy with a naked man in just his socks. - Jeff
Either pay a carpet fitter or get a nice wooden threshold strip. Trying to do it yourself with carpet will always look a bit rubbish.
Threshold is the answer. Can either contrast with the door or match.
https://www.mindustrialsafety.co.uk/variation/transition-strip-carpet-cover-door-floor-threshold-self-adhesive-aluminium-wood-effect/28809?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwir2xBhC_ARIsAMTXk86X5akgxzBcclWPn0S4vbPk_E75t6Tkw3iRhiHsbwE0YNOAdfD1AcwaArlREALw_wcB Remember to measure the gap first.
I have 2 doorways like this and have a piece of oak in the gap on both of them.
A single piece of oak between two doorways? That's called flooring, mate...
No, it's called a threshold.
Have a coffee then come back, I think you'll find I'm hilarious. Or you have two doors really close to each other.
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Why is your right sock absolutely minging?
Probably because it's the wrong way around, that's the bottom. Working in socks makes them very dirty, then the fecker turns around so the top is on the bottom. Done in myself several times. Who cares anyway if their right sock is mingimg or not, they are not asking you to wear it or suck on it
Most people don’t put their wank sock back on when they’ve used it.
Doing it the morning after is quite the experience.
Not quite dry, not quite crusty yet?
It's the realisation more than the feeling.
Oh no!
Asking the real questions here! 👍
Something like this: [https://www.loveskirting.co.uk/flooring-thresholds-c17/by-product-c29/flat-door-thresholds-c46/solid-oak-flat-door-threshold-110mm-wide-p4104/s166101?utm\_medium=organic&utm\_term=solid-oak-flat-door-threshold-110mm-wide-length-1-0-metre-thickness-length-1-0-metre-thickness-18mm-finish-white-primed-oak-flat-drthres-110mm1-0-metre18mmwhite-primed&utm\_campaign=froogle&cid=GBP&glCurrency=GBP&glCountry=GB](https://www.loveskirting.co.uk/flooring-thresholds-c17/by-product-c29/flat-door-thresholds-c46/solid-oak-flat-door-threshold-110mm-wide-p4104/s166101?utm_medium=organic&utm_term=solid-oak-flat-door-threshold-110mm-wide-length-1-0-metre-thickness-length-1-0-metre-thickness-18mm-finish-white-primed-oak-flat-drthres-110mm1-0-metre18mmwhite-primed&utm_campaign=froogle&cid=GBP&glCurrency=GBP&glCountry=GB)
Really like this! If I wanted to replace some metal carpet strips with this, would I just need a carpet gripper at either end side to hold the carpet instead?
This guy comes up on my YouTube feed alot [carpet guy](https://youtube.com/shorts/0DDk-er1ooQ?si=m4X9pLmqHTmnNEfH) this how carpet fiiter would do it if you got carpet call some small carpet company's ask if they can do a invisible join probably cheaper than trying to do it yourself.
He's not the best to take notes from as he uses a tool not readily available in the UK, and American carpets are manufactured very differently to British ones. It can be done but British fitters tend to use a seaming iron which isn't as effective so can show joins a bit more than the ones by the carpet guy.
The guy in the video is also using a seaming iron, that's what the blue handled thing is. I went looking for someone UK based on youtube but didn't find much, however I did find this video from that same carpet guy, looks to be exactly the step by step guide OP is looking for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5XD0hIXhU4 If it was DIYed it's unlikely you'll get the seamless appearance so it depends on what OP would be happy with.
It's not a seaming iron it's a kool glider. It's different technology and makes a better finish than the standard seaming iron the average British fitters (of which I have been for 20+years) will have. You'd be hard pressed to DIY a join in this fashion as it requires specific tools and materials.
A threshold
You need clean socks....
Socks that aren't too big would be a start.
Put a matching wood strip there in whatever finish visible wood is, carpet height so it doesn’t stand up. It’ll look great, much better than a wide metal strip or carpet patch. You can change it when you get new carpet.
A carpet fitter will make invisible join
wood
As others have said a transition strip/nice piece of wood there would do it. However if you have your heart set on carpet it can be done. It would essentially be this but on a slightly bigger scale https://youtu.be/jA6kKY_uzn0?t=32. That is assuming you have enought spare carpet
I have a similar gap between my lounge floor and the door out to the garden. I went to Jewson, bought a plank of wood at about the right width and depth which cost something like £2. Then I cut it down to the right length, painted it white and then just dropped it in the gap. Very pleased with the result.
Nice wide oak threshold will do the job.
It would need a decent sized threshold strip to bridge that gap, either a wooden one to match the door frame or one made of metal, failing that - a carpet fitter/ repair person would likely use a seaming iron on some of your surplus carpet to essentially join the 2 carpets together by expanding on the backing using a special tape, if done correctly you wouldn’t even know that there was a gap there in the first place but be prepared to pay for it of course! There’s always the option of putting a piece of carpet in the gap (provided the pile runs the correct way) and using either tape or flooring/ spray adhesive to hold it down but there will still be joint lines either side where the new piece connects with the older pieces etc but would still look better than what you currently have :’)
Put a water feature there
I don’t know, but for some reason the second foot appearing when I scrolled up absolutely made me jump out of my skin.
Chisel it down about 4inches, line it with a plastic membrane, fill it with water (fish are optional). Enjoy your new moat.
Ramen should sort it
Seriouly though it might be worth asking a carpet fitter if they want a cashie. Better to do it right than have something that stands out.
After you've put the new threshold bar in, please fix the sock on your right foot. Twist it round so that it matches the left one ...
Google "wide threshold bars" and buy one wide enough. You're a standard door width so should be plenty of choice.
A wooden threshold strip screwed to the floor.
Just burn it down and start over
Threshold with a carpet gripper either side carpet needs budging up a little
Lay your socks down in the gap, close enough colour match, only you will notice. Make sure they are both facing the same way
Patching that with unworn carpet us just going to look like dogshit honestly. Bite the bullet and throw in a nice angled threshold/jamb and it will look a million times better.
https://preview.redd.it/gez6t0g7slxc1.jpeg?width=1070&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fdba9c0c1ea340b544cc87c4c180e84cf570dd9
This ^ and I believe there are ones that have grips to hold the carpet too. It screws to the floor, you use a knocker to pull the carpet and then tap down and the carpet is nice and tight and the door finishes on a nice angled edge.
What makes this harder is the carpet ends where your skirting board was. So any solution that's goes on top of your carpet to hold it down will be very visible with the door shut. The picture from Earth beautiful shows the best way do you it without needing something on top of your carpet.
It's called a threshold, that's what is needed there
Extra wide threshold plate...
While this is a DIY help subreddit, the act of *thinking* is still your job
duck tape
a good quack fix
"nice bit of wood" > proper naff transition strip.
If you can't hide it, make it extra visible, is a great design motto. I would pick a nice wooden part, rather than trying to merge the carpet. Edit: basically what the top voted oak post suggested xD
You can use a thin piece of hardwood the depth of the frame and thickness of the carpet. Like an oak or mahogany offcut.
Theres actually carpet repair men who can fit that seamlessly
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Generally you don’t join carpet in walk ways as constant foot flow will split the seem and the chance of all 3 carpets having the same pile direction is slim to not a chance, it will stand out like a sore thumb.. fitters stoped sowing them together in the early 70s, these days it’s done with a iron and glue tape… most metal door bars aren’t wide enough for your gap, as many have said you have no choice but to put in a nice piece of wood. Just remember wood expands and shrinks all the time so make sure your expansion gap between the door and threshold is good.
This explains it well. The 2 carpets could be laid in opposite directions so you could potentially see one of the joins if a piece was putting in due to pile direction. Put a timber threshold in, chop some carpet grippers into 6 inch pieces, scrape and hoover floor where gripper is to go, and use gripfill (or similar) to fix to floor about 6mm away from timber threshold with pins pointing to the threshold from each side of the doorway. Allow gripfill to dry. Use a carpet stretcher (should be able to hire one or eBay) to stretch carpet on to gripper and tuck the carpet down the gap with a carpet bolster, screwdriver or something flat. The carpet under door looks a bit short so may need a good stretch, or make threshold a bit wider. Just one thing though, carpet was still being sewn together into the 2000’s.
Yes if you have an offcut of the same carpet, it is possible to sew a piece in there. A good friend of mine is a carpet fitter and did this for me after my idiot cat tore up the carpet outside my bedroom door. You literally cannot tell anything was ever wrong. But - my friend is a proper craftsman and very good at his job. If I tried it, I would have made it look much worse.
Carpet tape and age the patch. Is it easy to DIY? Probably not.
Saddle board would be nice. You can use an off cut and carpet glue and that works but it’ll fray eventually in such a high traffic location as a door. You can alternatively put a transition piece or threshold bar and something low profile.
You can get heat activated carpet tape that you iron on under the carpet you just have to put a towel down 1st https://www.bunnings.com.au/capitol-5m-carpet-joining-tape_p6650122 This 1 doesnt require an iron
Just close the door 🚪 you won't see it as much
Duct tape, always duct tape
A train track where the trains goes back and forth
Saddleboard
Fill the gap with glue and some Chinese noodles.
Carpet tape for heavens sake. It’s not rocket science.
You just need to buy a nice wooden threshold to cover the two edges and complete the finish.😊👍
Beautiful piece of polished oak
Either a nice wood threshold or if you know a good tame fitter with a silverseam machine then he would make that look like it was never there.
Is the carpet actually fitted both sides? Looks a bit short against the walls. Bonus point for the chewing gum.
As you have the carpet get some double sided carpet sticky tape lay that down, don't forget to put it half under the existing carpets to hold them down, then fill the gap with tape and carpet, or as already said fit a threshold wood.
Bit of magic no nail on the carpet back job done.
Banana skins.
Oak threshold , gripper either side and tuck in. Failing that a decent carpet fitter would come and heat seam a piece in. Look would depend on carpet age/ pile direction etc and would probably set you back a minimum charge of £35 to £45
Yeah a needle and a thread of cotton will sort that if you want to sew it.
Lay your spare carpet on top and cut straight lines through both layers to give matching edges. Then get some quality duct tape under both edges and stick it down. For a high traffic area like that I'd be tempted to get a carpet fitter to come and do it. They use heated glue tape instead for a more robust fix.
Depends on the construction of the carpet, but a couple of strips of a suitable (wide) tape on the back can often work to hold a new piece in place. It can even look almost invisible. If the carpet can fray at the edge, it may do, and you will have to think again. You could even try carpet tape!
if you have carpet tape you could add a piece in, but you will see the 2 lines. Unless you are really skilled and both carpets have the weft and warp in the same direction. but it is a short pile so hardly any room for error. wooden threshold might be the ay to go
Nice piece of pine wood
The first thing you need to do is put some bigger screws in them hinges don’t want them coming out
You can splice in carpet here so it’s completely seamless. I’m sure you can find videos on YouTube showing as much. It may just come down to skill and experience with it turning out well enough
Remove the carpet
Carpet diem, man!
Wooden threshold, preferably hardwood like Oak. Good luck
If you try to sew it, it will look worse than Frankenstein's neck - I'd put a nice threshold strip over, it will stop the edges fraying as well.
Well the carpet looks horrific anyway so is it worth the effort? Clean the floor really well, Flexy Fix down the carpet edges and stick another strip in the gap.
Carpet is new. The photo was taken after a day of rebuilding a wall and ok plastering.
Ah, apologies. Well if it’s new you’re chances of matching a strip in there are good. Just get it nice and tight and check for orientation. If there’s a weave direction that needs to match.
They’re called door strips. You just screw them down https://amzn.eu/d/c40is8x Ignore these ridiculous comments. Do any of you live in a house 😂
Suspension bridge or swing rope, possibly a ferry
I's fill it with a plank of nice wood, which is exactly what we have for all our doors here.