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CARPET RE-STRETCH
Nu-Way Systems also offers complete carpet repair services.
We will re-stretch your carpet that no longer lays flat. Rippled carpets can be a dangerous tripping hazard, and certainly look terrible. You will be pleasantly surprised how much younger your carpet will look once it has the proper tension stretched in to it.
We follow all the guidelines of the IICRC for proper carpet re-stretch, and offer a LIFETIME GUARANTEE, which is unheard of in the carpet industry! Carpet re-stretch is very different from new carpet installation, which is why so many carpet installers refuse to do re-stretch work. It requires a lot of experience to do it right.
Why do ripples form?
There are commonly two reasons that a carpet will ripple or get wavy.
Reason #1
If ripples form within the first three years of installation, then it probably has to do with the way it was installed. Most carpet installers guarantee there workmanship for one year. Many installers also don’t like using a critical tool in the installation process called the Power Stretcher.
It is large and time consuming when its use properly in all carpeted areas. So many don’t use it in all areas, some don’t use it at all. According to the IICRC (and our experience doing this since 1981 bears this out too) the only way to install a carpet properly, which means putting proper tension evenly across an entire room, is with the power stretcher.
If an installer doesn’t use this tool in all areas, the results rarely become evident in the first 12 months. So there’s not much incentive for the installer to use the Power Stretch. Not to mention that new carpet install is very hard work, which often doesn’t pay too well.
Especially when you see the specials like this: “$99 to install new carpet in your entire home!” which many stores have offered recently. It’s no shock the installer needs to rush through it.
Reason #2
The second reason is of no fault of anyone but nature. Carpet is a fabric. Much like clothes coming out of the wash machine, fabric is very pliable when damp – it’s very stretchable. Carpet is no different. Except the issue carpet is exposed to the most is the environment.
Carpet expands during humid weather (typical in summer), and contracts during dry weather (typical in winter). This expansion and contraction is minimal each time, but after several years of this happening, the carpets has expanded enough that it begins to peak – creating waves or ripples. Usually it’s minimal at first, and it often seems to go away once the dry weather returns.
But once the next humid season comes – the ripples are back and often worse than ever. Eventually, the ripples won’t go away any more, and re-stretching is needed. It is not uncommon that we remove several inches of excess carpet due to the naturally occurring expansion process.
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| Church Rippled Carpet | Church carpet after Stretch |
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| Rippled Carpet | After Stretch |
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| Rippled Carpet | After Stretch |
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Can our experience help you?
We’ve been fixing this issue since 1981!
Nu-Way Systems can also repair seams and loose binder bars, remove gum, and patch burn holes, fix berber carpet runs, and repair rips or stains that cannot be removed or spot dyed.
“Repairs + restretching were affordable and made carpet look great. It was great to have everything done at once – cleaning, repairs and restretching. Cleaned carpets looked refreshed + restored.”
- Jan Wilson, Crystal Lake, Illinois
