Wrinkles, ripples, bubbles or other bunched up areas in your carpeting may be noticed from time to time. This phenomenon occurs because carpet is meant to be stretched tight and is more common than you may think. It requires stretching to adopt its former, natural shape once carpet loosens or begins to form any type of ripple. The sooner you stretch it back into place or replace it, the better when you notice small bubbles or wrinkles in your carpet. It can quickly become a safety hazard for you, your family and your guests and carpet buckling are unsightly. Carpet stretching can restore your floor covering to its original condition when done correctly, fortunately.
Where Do I Start when Stretching Carpet?
The act of stretching a bunched-up carpet back to its original shape is carpet stretching. Below is the general process to professional carpet stretching.
1) Clearing the room out: If you need to temporarily move bookshelves, chairs, TV stands and tables to another location, the specialists at 50 Floor will do the heavy lifting for you.
2) Carpets are vacuumed and shampooed the carpet: Carpets must undergo a full day of washing, shampooing and drying before the carpet stretching can commence.
3) Tacks and tacking strips are pulled out: After peeling back the damaged carpet, professionals will pull the tacks, along with their corresponding tack strips, out of the pad.
4) Replacing the old tack strips: Carpet specialists will replace old tack strips with new ones before returning the carpet to its original position.
5) A knee kicker and power stretcher are used to stretch: The flooring professionals at 50 Floor will use a power stretcher machine to smooth the floor covering and compress it along the wall. We then smooth out the carpet using a knee kicker for a finishing touch.
6) Excess carpet edges are trimmed: After the carpet edges are pushed down and fastened into the new tack strip, the extra carpet can be removed for a more seamless look. 50 Floor will slide a cutter along the edges of the flooring for an even, precise trim.
What Causes a Carpet to Ripple & Buckle
Including age and exposure to humidity, moisture, or excess heat are the various reasons carpeting becomes loose. Additional carpet buckling includes the following:
1) Inadequate carpet installation: Your carpet may have been poorly stretched or improperly secured in place during installation, in some cases.
2) Inappropriate padding: Padding is equally as important as carpet when installing new floors. The rug may loosen or become rippled over time, if the two aren’t compatible.
3) Extreme traffic: Even the strongest carpets to need stretching over time can be caused from the traffic of any kind, such as wheelchair activity, kids playing, or frequent footsteps.
4) Heavy furniture being moved: It may cause it to loosen at the edges from sliding heavy furniture across your rug.
How Do You Know if Your Carpet Needs to Be Stretched?
Knowing if your carpet needs to be stretched can be difficult, though there some obvious signs, other indications are only apparent to the eye of a professional. Some common signs your carpet requires stretching include:
1) The appearance of the carpet is rippled, wrinkled or generally lumpy.
2) Some areas will not lie flat and smooth.
3) Along the edges of the baseboards, the rug is piling up.
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Since it requires specialized tools, experience, strength and energy, carpet stretching should be left to the professionals. Within one day and deliver superior results, a flooring specialist team can rectify carpet wrinkles and ripples. If your carpet needs re-stretching in the Metro Atlanta, GA area, call D&M Carpet Cleaning today and let us assist you.
