Fix Lumpy Carpet

It can cost around 200 per room to have the carpet professionally re stretched to eliminate these bubbles.

Fix lumpy carpet.

A bubble in wall to wall carpet is an area of the rug that lifts above the subfloor and creates unsightly hills or ridges in the finished surface. Roll a carpet roller on top of the seams to press them to the double sided tape. Then lock the stretched carpet into place by jamming it behind the tack strip with a putty or linoleum knife. If the carpet is not properly stretched in it will go back to its original un stretched state.

Carpet buckling may occur as a result of poor installation of the carpet. Follow the sequence below. Stretch and embed the carpet plant the power carpet stretcher against the opposite baseboard and add extension sections until the gripping head is about 6 in. Away from the wall.

Set the teeth into the carpet near the wall and push down on the stretcher handle. Operate the power stretcher with the lever and capture the excess carpet in the tack strip as you stretch. When a wall to wall carpet is installed it must be stretched tightly and then is secured in place with tack strips along the edges of the carpet. Apply a seam adhesive to the seams and butt them together.

If the installer has not stretched the carpet tightly enough it may loosen slightly which could cause it to ripple. Push down on the lever of the power carpet stretcher and embed the carpet backing on the tack strips with your hand. Use a knee kicker which is a smaller stretcher to push the carpet onto the tack strip along one of the perpendicular walls. Work in 12 to 18 inch sections and fix the carpet onto the tack strip.

Per manufacturer guidelines carpets need to be power stretched into place and then tacked down the installer must also use a knee kicker to get the carpet into the proper place on the tack less strip which will hold the carpet in place. Fix carpet seams by pulling the steams apart.