How to Repair Loose Carpet?

What does Loose Carpet mean? Well, do you guys see bubbles or sort of bunched up areas on your carpet? That is loose carpet or also called 'Carpet Stretching'. So, how to Repair Loose Carpet? Get to know basic tricks and tips down below:

 

Carpet repair is kind of a serious problem if you have carpeted floors in your home. It is a good measure to take that can help to extend the life of your carpet. Loose carpets are common things where the carpet covers large floor space or the room or stairs. Seams also tend to become loose as the carpet ages and as a result of heavy usage, especially where the carpet joins the another room.

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This results in upturned edges. Loose carpets may spoil the beauty of your carpet as they give an untidy or neglected look around your house. It can be also a huge risk to you and your loving ones. You can easily trip as you walk and sustain serious injuries. However, we are here to help you out if you run into the loose carpet problems.

Here are some of the tips which may help you to work with How to Repair Loose Carpet.

  1. Fold back the loose piece of carpeting to expose the stair tread.
  2. Reattach the tackless strip to the stair tread, be sure of making you don't nail it back into the old nail holes so it won't gets loose again.
  3. Then Pull the carpet around the nosing, and use a knee kicker to stretch the carpet for nice and tight across the stair tread.
  4. While using a knee kicker you need to push your knee against the kicker, then take a hammer and flooring chisel and tap the carpeting down in the corner where the tread meets the riser. Check to be sure tackless strip grabs onto the carpet.
  5. Then Use a pneumatic stapler and ½-inch-long staples then staple down in each and every thread of the carpeting.

Here are some of the tips which may help you to work with How to Repair Loose Carpet. If you guys have any question or quarries you can comment below.