How To Fix Lumpy Rug

Lift one corner of the carpet with a pair of pliers and gently tease it free of the tack strip photo 1.

How to fix lumpy rug.

Place a flat weight over the repair to provide clamping force while the adhesive sets. Step on it and take a minute to appreciate the comforting feeling of a new lump less rug. Center the carpet and place a knee kicker 1 foot away from the wall in the corner of the room. Heavy boxes books free weights anything will work as long as it presses the carpet into the glue.

Dig the staples out of the carpet pad with a screwdriver or needle nose pliers. Press the knee kicker with your knee so its teeth grabs the carpet and attaches it to the tackless strips. Iron a persistent lump with a steam iron using the wool setting. Ignored issues try to deal with whatever is hiding underneath and then replace it with a new one.

2 pull one corner of carpet out from under your baseboard using needle nose pliers until you can grip the. Hold the iron over each section for five seconds then move onto a new area of the rug. Work in 12 to 18 inch sections and fix the carpet onto the tack strip. Be patient and get them all.

Keep pressure on the glue according to the adhesive manufacturer s recommended drying time. Remove all the furniture from the room where you need to get rid of bumps in your carpet. Otherwise the pad will rip. You can spray it with water as well.

Rub the iron over the towel. Use a knee kicker which is a smaller stretcher to push the carpet onto the tack strip along one of the perpendicular walls. The steam will penetrate into the rug removing the creases. Repeat until all creases are removed.

The weight of the rug should straighten the fabric. Make it a habit to tackle issues as they appear so your new rugs won t have lumps next year. If you have a lumpy rug metaphorically.