Stretch Carpet Without Moving Furniture

The most important tool to rent is a power carpet stretcher photo 8.

Stretch carpet without moving furniture. A room jam packed with furniture causes this to be an impossible feat. From adjoining walls you ll also need to rent a knee kicker if a carpet cutter is available rent it too photo. Carpet stretching can be more of a challenge in times like this but we re up for it. For carpet stretching jobs the carpet staple gun is used to reinforce the tack strip with necessary.

Call us to stretch the ripples out of your carpet. If you have tight areas where the power carpet stretcher won t fit spaces less than 3 ft. Second they usually know a lot more about how to handle specific challenges like heavily soiled areas and stains. It does the lion s share of the carpet stretching.

These typically include the following which we will dive deeper into later in this article. We need to have enough open space in a room to slide furniture around to gain access to the wrinkles and the wall we are stretching to. Other firms charge extra for highly soiled areas or for. As a general rule the room needs to be 50 void of furniture in order to stretch the carpets properly.

We recommend moving furniture before stretching the carpet in the room. If you re attempting a diy carpet stretching job you will also need a hammer and awl for working with the tack strip. First they re accustomed to moving the heavy furniture. Place the base of the stretcher against the wall the carpet is anchored to.

Factors that impact moving furniture for carpet stretching or not there are a few important factors to deciding whether we can stretch the carpet with furniture present in the room. Use the power stretcher to pull the carpet into place. Press down on the lever of the power stretcher to smooth out the carpet wrinkles. Carpet stains and carpet cleaning extras.

Moving furniture before stretching your carpet. Lengthen the adjustment rod of the power stretcher until its head is about 6 inches 15 2 cm from the carpet s un anchored edge.