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Guidance for Re-stretching
Buckles, wrinkles, and bubbles normally do not occur with properly stretched-in carpet. Power stretching following these recommendations should correct the situation when these conditions arise.
- Remove all furniture from each room.
- Loosen the carpet from all tackstrip.
- Check that all tackstrip is firmly anchored to floor. The proper gully
for the tackstrip is slightly less than the thickness of the carpet, and
not exceeding 3/8 inch. Check for cushion (padding) that may have bunched
up under the carpet because of inadequate fastening of the cushion. Check
for delamination of the secondary backing. Correct all of these conditions
before proceeding.
- The seams are to be cut open at all doorways, and the edges at the seams
are to be sealed or buttered before re-seaming.
- Using a power stretcher, not a knee-kicker, the carpet is to be
stretched 1% to 1½% in each direction in each room.
- Any device that may cause injury, damage carpet or subfloors, or result
in an inadequate amount of stretch is not acceptable as a substitute
for or an attachment to a power stretcher.
- Restretching one room and not restretching an adjoining room or hallway
will likely allow wrinkles to reappear.
- Most floor vents and doorways will require pieces to be seamed into the
carpet as the carpet is repositioned with power stretching.
- Edges of carpet that will be placed under a metal strip should be sealed
with seam sealer adhesive to deter raveling. Exposed edges fitted to a hard
surface flooring should also be sealed.
Posted by donnie at June 14, 2004 10:01 PM