Carpet Seam Bumps?

[crybdr]

I'm guessing that the pic below shows developing carpet seam 'bumps' in my basement. The carpet was installed before I bought my house (I bought in 2002). These ridges only showed up about a year ago.

They feel like seams, kinda sharp peaks in the backing and if you push down on them they yield but return. It's unsightly.

Has anyone out there dealt with this before? I'm guessing a carpet installer could come-in and re-seam/re-stretch the carpet?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

[leehljp]

I would get someone to come and give an estimate.

IF it is that the carpet itself is loose and there is not floor buckling problems, And IF I were younger, I would do what I did 10 years ago - I would get a knee kicker or carpet stretcher. I still have a knee kicker as shown here and used it for that project.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=47337

Another kicker:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2692

And a stretcher:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=93152

I don't know how well they will work for you but the top one was very helpful for me. I can't do that now as my knees won't take that kind of action!

[Uncle Cracker]

Hank's suggestions are good ones. Your problem is probably not seams, but just typical lateral stretching of the material.

[phi1l]

Hank's suggestions are good ones. Your problem is probably not seams, but just typical lateral stretching of the material.

Agree, it looks like this is an exercise area? ... maybe some change in the type of activity about a year a go is responsible.

[sparkeyjames]

Carpet needs a re-stretch. I have seen the same thing in older installations say older than 10 years. Carpets loosen with age or activity.

[jaybee]

Back in the dark ages I spent a summer as a carpet layer. Carpets stretch in 2 dimensions - and some carpet stretches more in one direction than the other. So, get all the heavy stuff off the carpet and unhook it all the way around. Then, lightly stretch in both directions, and be prepared to trim at one or both sides.

[cabinetman]

Back in the dark ages I spent a summer as a carpet layer. Carpets stretch in 2 dimensions - and some carpet stretches more in one direction than the other. So, get all the heavy stuff off the carpet and unhook it all the way around. Then, lightly stretch in both directions, and be prepared to trim at one or both sides.

That would be the way to go if the carpet is over pad. If it's a glue down you have a problem a little more difficult to solve.
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