No matter how hard I try I cant seem to make this work. You tube makes it seem easy but no matter how many times I pick up the wall and rug it wont merge with the home I am trying to repair.

The way I am doing this is place rug on ground.

Build wall on top of it.

Select and hold E button, which now highlights wall and rug and attempt to move wall into position inside the house but wont confirm the connection

You're doing it wrong, m8.

Don't HOLD the E key, point at rhe rug and click on it normally, like you're moving the rug by itself. The object on top should move with it automatically.

on controller, its right joystick, correct?

I can get it to work on stuff like crafting stations, containers like chests, nuka cola fridge, and some other stuff, but I really wanted it to work on Junk Fences, but could never get it to work on them. Or walls of any kind. XBOX.

edit:

Also, it won't "snap" into place if that is what you are looking for. You still have the collision box of the rug to deal with. Whenever I put something like a Nuka Fridge on the rug, it works just fine. I stay in "workshop mode" and use the same controller button I normally use to move anything while in construction mode. When I move the rug this way, the thing on the rug moves with it, and i can get it to clip into other things just fine, as long as the rug can be placed where I want it to go.

I just can't get it to work on walls or junk fences.