How do I fix buckling in carpets?

Yolanda cates
by Yolanda cates

Carpet is a little over year and is buckling in different areas, does anyone know how to flatten the carpet.

  14 answers
  • Gene Gene on Nov 11, 2018

    You need to call your installer amd tell him the rug needs re-stretched.

  • Ellis Ellis on Nov 11, 2018

    Gene's right. The carpet needs to be re-stretched. If you can't get it done under warranty, it shouldn't be too expensive to have it done.

  • Vimarhonor Vimarhonor on Nov 11, 2018

    Hello,


    Have the carpets restretched.

  • Chances are your installers were crummy. Get them back out and have them restretch the carpet. Year old carpet should not be wavy, no matter the quality.

  • Candle Carol Candle Carol on Nov 12, 2018

    Definitely, the carpet needs to be restretched. Carpet installers have the tools to do this as well as the knees to make it all happen. Check the pad, too. That could be part of the problem. Good luck!

  • Madelyn Staack Madelyn Staack on Nov 12, 2018

    You have to have it restretched.

  • Kimberley Kimberley on Nov 12, 2018

    We had the carpet restretched. The carpet should not have loosened or buckled being it was recently installed. When you have it restretched the installer will probably have to make some cuts at the outside edges. Have you contacted the carpet installer who originally laid the carpet? This sounds like an installation issue.

  • Leah Leah on Nov 12, 2018

    Carpet installers use a tool that has little points on the bottom. They put it on the carpet, put a knee on the tool and hit forward with your knee. First you loosen the carpet from the tack boards on the side of the room. Then the tool pulls the carpet toward the wall and reattaches to tack board. You may be able to rent or make one. Put carpet stretcher tool in search engine of utube. It probably has a video you can watch to see if you could do it yourself. My son lays our carpet. Never any stretching problems.

  • Sue Buck Sue Buck on Nov 12, 2018

    I have carpet that is 20 years old in one bedroom and it has never buckled. Call the installer. If they are reputable, they will re-stretch it. If they don't want to, be tenacious with them (or if you don't trust them) call another installer for an estimate.

  • Chriss Grijak Chriss Grijak on Nov 12, 2018

    Home Depot has a stretcher you can buy that doesn’t cost very much. We had to do this when the warranty expired on our carpet. Actually, it looked better when my husband restretched it than when the HD installers laid it!

  • Archie C Milligan Archie C Milligan on Nov 12, 2018

    Yeah, I install Carpet for a living, and that's what's called a Cheap install, you need to call your installer back and tell them you need your Carpet POWER STRETCH, because it's buckling! If it was POWER STRETCH The First time, you would NEVER HAVE THIS PROBLEM, and the INSTALLER KNOWS IT'S!

  • Florida Beachpotato Florida Beachpotato on Nov 17, 2018

    To repair the carpet, its called Kicking the carpet. Home depot product for DIYs or call the carpet guy to stretch it again.

  • Agnes Chrzanowska Agnes Chrzanowska on Aug 31, 2021

    Steam wash will help

  • Johnavallance82 Johnavallance82 on Mar 07, 2022

    Call in a Carpet fitter to use a special tool to re-stretch and trim carpet.