Carpet Lifting Up At Edges

Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1.

Carpet lifting up at edges.

Pull the fibers of the surrounding carpet back from the edges. As a group carpet installers are more willing than other contractors to take on small jobs and handle minor repairs. Run a thin line of carpet seam adhesive beneath the edge of the carpet. This will hold the edge down in the offending area making it more difficult to pull up and fray again.

Work along the wall toward the opposite end and lift the edge of the carpet up by hand to detach it from the tack strip along. Pull up from the edges and roll it all into the middle of the room. To avoid replacing the carpet before its time once the carpet begins to lift stretch it back into the tack strips or the threshold to prevent the carpet from fraying at the edges which can. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.

One again you ll need help from a couple of people to carry it out. 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. Be sure the edges of the tape line up with your markings. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall.

While pulling the carpeting up with one hand slip the tape pieces back into the prepared hole one piece at a time photo 4. Fold back about 3 ft. If the installer has not stretched the carpet tightly enough it may loosen slightly which could cause it to ripple. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner.

Insert the plug now you re ready to fit the new plug into the hole. Once the carpet is out of the way pull up the underlay. Lifting up a carpet is a lot easier with the help of an assistant. It s really the same process as removing the carpet although it should be easier to start.

Carpet buckling may occur as a result of poor installation of the carpet.