How to Fix a Lump in the Carpet

Lumpy and bumpy carpet is a sign of loose carpet. Carpet will tend to become loose over time because it receives a lot of wear, especially in heavily used rooms. Re-stretching carpet is the best way to correct lumpy carpet. While you can complete the project, you should plan for it to take a weekend to complete. Ask a friend to help to ensure that the project goes smoothly and quickly.

Pliers
Gloves
Tape measure
Saw
Hammer
Knee kicker
Carpet stretcher
Utility knife
Carpet tool

Instructions

- 1
  Move furniture out of the room that has the lumpy carpet.
- 2
  Loosen the carpet at a corner in the room. Pull up on the carpet carefully using pliers. Once started, pull up the carpet from around all the edges in the room.
- 3
  Roll back the carpet along one wall. Remove the tack strip by pushing a pry bar underneath it. Pull up to remove the tack strip.
- 4
  Measure and cut a new tack strip for one wall. Use a tape measure and saw to complete this process. Hammer the tack into place using the small nails attached to the tack strip.
- 5
  Follow this same process to install new tack strips around the entire room.
- 6
  Flatten the carpet in the room, making sure that the carpet covers the new tack strips.
- 7
  Attach the carpet along one wall using a knee kicker. Lay a power stretcher onto the floor and attach one end along the wall where you used the knee kicker. Place the other end at the opposite wall.
- 8
  Stretch the carpet in a fan pattern, work from the inside out. Use a knee kicker to attach the carpet to the tack strips along the wall.
- 9
  Complete these steps on the remaining two walls in the room.
- 10
  Cut excess carpet from around the walls using a utility knife. Push the carpet beneath the baseboard with a carpet tool.
- 11
  Replace the furniture.

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