Lumps Under Carpet

Over time your carpet can develop lumps bumps and wrinkles that are unattractive and potential tripping hazards.

Lumps under carpet.

Lumps generally occur in carpeting from poor carpet installation severe humidity affecting the carpet adhesive or carpet seams buckling from wear and tear. You wouldn t believe how much crap the builders leave behind before the carpet and drywall goes up. Demolition there s no way to fix the subfloor under carpet without pulling up the carpet. If the humps are just loose carpet humps you need to restretch it or get an installer to do it.

The bumps may appear when the carpet padding wears down enough to create slack in. They feel like they are metal and round. 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. Not only are lumps unattractive and cause eye sores but they are a hazard that causes trips and falls.

Is it a problem or part of normal construction that just shows up with worn carpet. If they are indeed under it you ll need to pull the carpet back in order to determine the cause. We own a 1990 redman home with worn carpet. Humps can also develop in glued down carpet from either the glue letting loose or the carpet delaminating.

The lumps underneath my carpet were clumps of dried up drywall compound. How to fix a lump in the carpet. No rot is involved with either of these defects. Get the lumps out of your carpet to restore the look and safety of your home.

Fixing subfloor under carpet. The resultant lump is easily noticeable under carpet and you may even feel it under a laminate floor. Similarly hardwood boards can lift when held by insufficient fasteners or when the subfloor deteriorates which is most common with particleboard. There seem to be hard bumps in the high traffic areas under the carpet.

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. Do you know what they are. 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.