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Originally Posted by V
This has everything to do with where the seam is going to be. I don't care how good you are, you cannot install a seam across the middle of the room and have it unnoticeable, especially with most residential carpets. If the seam is off to the side of the room you would be able to get away with it.
It would also take a while for the new carpet to blend in with the old, as the old has most likely faded over time.
Do you really need to change the carpet, though? I would think that you could pull the carpet, dry it out, replace the underlay and re-install the carpet. I've done that a number of times with flooded carpet, but usually for basements. A good berber holds up pretty well to that kind of abuse.
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It seems the damage is pretty significant. I can see that part of the carpet has sunken in and the carpet is bone dry. I'm not sure how to explain it visually. I hope to take some pictures, and maybe that will help you see what I'm trying to explain. It looks to me like that part definitely cannot be repaired.
My gf and I discussed it more and think maybe we should just change it to hardwood or some other material if repairing it is going to make it look weird or worse. $500 is kinda low for compensation for that amount of water damage.