Carpet Stretched Out After Cleaning

Too much water can also cause the carpet to stretch out slightly.

Carpet stretched out after cleaning. Cleaning a carpet is supposed to make it look better not create unsightly ripples and bulges. After stretching the length use the knee kicker to set one side the door side. Away from the wall and kick against it with the area above your kneecap photo 9. Carpet buckling may occur as a result of poor installation of the carpet.

How to repair stretched carpet after steam cleaning. 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. Older carpets may stretch during cleaning. Set the teeth of the knee kicker into the carpet about 6 in.

Uneven drying depending on the type of carpet and its. If the installer has not stretched the carpet tightly enough it may loosen slightly which could cause it to ripple. Also use the knee kicker to stretch confined areas where the power carpet stretcher won t fit photo 9d. If the carpet pad was removed it should be re stapled to the floor or a new pad should be put down.

After this the carpet can be stretched. If you have recently steam cleaned your carpet and now notice wrinkles in it you might have put too much water on the carpet. The stretching should be done with a proper stretcher. Carpet stretching is a common type of carpet repair that essentially involves pulling the carpet up from around one or more edges of the room re stretching it to proper tightness cutting the carpet to the proper length tacking back down into place and finally tucking it in along the edge.

Stretching and resetting the carpet this happens after all tack strips are replaced. We don t always see this happen but occasionally when we clean the carpet starts to get large previously unseen ripples and waves.