katybee
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Post by katybee on Jun 9, 2016 16:54:26 GMT
I am starting to get them all over. I mean, I know the carpet is stretched out and buckling--but why? This is the first time this has happened to me. My carpet is about 5 years old. Is it because I don't vacuum enough? Vacuum too much? Is it because I chose carpet that was economically priced (not the cheapest, but not the most expensive). Did the installers do a bad job? Or is it just bad luck.
I'm looking into having it stretched, but I'm assuming I will have to move all my big furniture? I don't know how they could do it if I don't. Has anyone ever had it done? The thought of it is exhausting.
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scrapngranny
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Post by scrapngranny on Jun 9, 2016 17:12:49 GMT
The carpet has stretched out that is what causes the rolls. The only way to fix is to have the carpet re-stretched trimmed and tacked down again.
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Post by melanell on Jun 9, 2016 17:17:16 GMT
I thought it had to do with age, and maybe quality,(and I have no idea if this really contributes to it or not) but my mother used to tell us it happened from us moving furniture in our bedrooms by pushing or dragging it rather than picking it up and moving it. (We liked to rearrange our rooms a lot back then.) I still have a tendency to push or drag my sofa if I'm cleaning and there is no one around to help me lift and move it. Don't tell my mom.  |
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katybee
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Post by katybee on Jun 9, 2016 17:23:05 GMT
I thought it had to do with age, and maybe quality,(and I have no idea if this really contributes to it or not) but my mother used to tell us it happened from us moving furniture in our bedrooms by pushing or dragging it rather than picking it up and moving it. (We liked to rearrange our rooms a lot back then.) I still have a tendency to push or drag my sofa if I'm cleaning and there is no one around to help me lift and move it. Don't tell my mom. Yeah – tell your mom she's wrong.  I never move my furniture. I'm lazy that way… |
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Post by melanell on Jun 9, 2016 17:29:37 GMT
I thought it had to do with age, and maybe quality,(and I have no idea if this really contributes to it or not) but my mother used to tell us it happened from us moving furniture in our bedrooms by pushing or dragging it rather than picking it up and moving it. (We liked to rearrange our rooms a lot back then.) I still have a tendency to push or drag my sofa if I'm cleaning and there is no one around to help me lift and move it. Don't tell my mom. Yeah – tell your mom she's wrong. I never move my furniture. I'm lazy that way… LOL! I don't move it much these days. At least not just for the heck of it.  |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 9, 2016 17:34:09 GMT
that happened with ours, too-- we picked a pretty good-quality carpeting and I *thought* they installed it correctly... the area it was worst was in our master bedroom, and we sure as heck have never rearranged the huge peeled-pine log king-size bed or any of the other furniture, lol!! The carpeting ran across our entire upstairs; into two bedrooms, hallway, office, etc. and it went around several awkward angles so there were a couple different pieces.
We did have ours restretched-- not sure how much of a pain it was; I think my BF worked from home for the day and the carpet guys had enough of a crew that with his help they moved furniture and stretched it one section / area at a time.
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Post by kimber731 on Jun 9, 2016 19:17:56 GMT
Do you regularly clean your carpets. I was told that when the carpet gets wet, it tends to stretch more easily so if you steam clean your carpets (I used to do it at least 2x per year, sometimes more) then your carpets are more prone to stretching and rolling.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 9, 2016 19:36:43 GMT
^^^ not in our case... we've only had ours cleaned professionally once in the last 7 years... we vacuum a ton but never got around to actually having it professionally cleaned.
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basketdiva
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Post by basketdiva on Jun 9, 2016 19:44:08 GMT
Do you live in an area with high humidity? Humidity was what caused problems in my home in Alabama.
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I never move my furniture. I'm lazy that way… 
