Sometimes over time the carpet stretches and ends up with small wrinkles in unwanted places in the room.
Removing wrinkles wall wall carpet.
Then lock the stretched carpet into place by jamming it behind the tack strip with a putty or linoleum knife.
Wrinkles in wall to wall carpet don t just look bad they can be a tripping hazard.
Wall to wall carpet like skin loses elasticity as it ages so it shouldn t surprise you to find the living room carpet that looked fine when you moved in beginning to show a few wrinkles.
It is not a hard process just time consuming.
Rent the proper tools and restretch the carpet in less than an hour.
When this happens you will need to clear the room and pull the wrinkles right out of the carpet.
Set the teeth into the carpet near the wall and push down on the stretcher handle.
Finally rehook the carpet on the tack strips attached to the subfloor trim off any excess carpet around the edges and slip it back under the baseboard.
How to repair carpet.
Having a room with wall to wall carpet can be comfortable and cozy.