Fix Lumpy Carpet

Apply a seam adhesive to the seams and butt them together.

Fix lumpy carpet.

Remove all the furniture from the room where you need to get rid of bumps in your carpet. Follow the sequence below. If the carpet is not properly stretched in it will go back to its original un stretched state. Then lock the stretched carpet into place by jamming it behind the tack strip with a putty or linoleum knife.

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

Fix carpet seams by pulling the steams apart. Work in 12 to 18 inch sections and fix the carpet onto the tack strip. 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. 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.

Set the teeth into the carpet near the wall and push down on the stretcher handle. Carpet buckling may occur as a result of poor installation of the carpet. It can cost around 200 per room to have the carpet professionally re stretched to eliminate these bubbles. 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. Roll a carpet roller on top of the seams to press them to the double sided tape.