Lumps Under Carpet

There seem to be hard bumps in the high traffic areas under the carpet.

Lumps under carpet.

No rot is involved with either of these defects. April 17 2008 02 03 pm. We own a 1990 redman home with worn carpet. Similarly hardwood boards can lift when held by insufficient fasteners or when the subfloor deteriorates which is most common with particleboard.

If the humps are just loose carpet humps you need to restretch it or get an installer to do it. Is it a problem or part of normal construction that just shows up with worn carpet. Do you know what they are. If they are indeed under it you ll need to pull the carpet back in order to determine the cause.

How to fix a lump in the carpet. Bumps under the carpet by nancy mcnamee real estate agent with keller williams realty bre 01490574 email short url share. Fixing subfloor under carpet. Assuming the carpet installer didn t forget to clean the floor before laying the carpet a lump usually starts when the carpet loosens or pulls away from the wall.

The resultant lump is easily noticeable under carpet and you may even feel it under a laminate floor. Demolition there s no way to fix the subfloor under carpet without pulling up the carpet. The bumps may appear when the carpet padding wears down enough to create slack in. Not only are lumps unattractive and cause eye sores but they are a hazard that causes trips and falls.

I recently had a client with a home in contract that had little bumps under the carpet in several different spots in the living and dining room which was about 15x30 feet in size. Humps can also develop in glued down carpet from either the glue letting loose or the carpet delaminating. Lumps generally occur in carpeting from poor carpet installation severe humidity affecting the carpet adhesive or carpet seams buckling from wear and tear. I sneaked into my house the day before the drywall went up and scooped up so much crap that can make you sick to your stomach.

They feel like they are metal and round. Your contractor will start in the corner of the room and use a flat pry bar to get the edge of the carpet up off the tack strips and to remove the tack strips themselves. The lumps underneath my carpet were clumps of dried up drywall compound.