Last night I was ironing a shirt, sat the iron on the board, and went to give a chew toy to Hovis who was sat in the room too. In this few seconds, the iron fell off the board (HOW?!?!?!), landed plate side down on the carpet, I ran to lift it off, but too late, I now have an iron imprint singed into the carpet. It was only a matter of seconds! If it was in the middle of the room that would be ok, I'd just get a rug and sit it nice and central in the room. No, it's off to one side, plainly visible, but a rug there would look silly.


This is part rant/part question about if there's anythign I can do? It's proper crispy, no amount of scrubbing and brushing will make it otherwise. I can't chop it out and put a new piece in without it looking awful, so last resort is insurance claim i suppose...if i can even do that!!!?

or train the dog to sit on it whenever people come round!!!

AAARGH!

The one and only time we have ever claimed on the household insurance was for exactly the same thing. The lounge carpet was quite new and very expensive so we got it replaced on the insurance and used it (minus the iron mark) for hall, stairs and landing.

I also have an iron mark on one of the bedroom carpets, the one that used to be my daughter's bedroom, she thought she'd just iron something directly on the carpet. 

lol - I like your thinking!!!

Have a look at this: http://www.northstarcleaning.co.uk/services/carpetrepairs.html

I'm SO glad that there are other people out there who have 'mishaps'! I'm pretty much famous amongst friends and family for being seriously accident prone, which can get a bit tiresome after a while!

Anyway - hope this link helps!