"jkn" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi all
we have a long, thin living room - about 6m by 3m. About half of
this comprises of an rearward extension to the house that was put up
before we moved in (1960s ex-council house, on a slope in Brighton).

About five years ago we had the room re-carpeted. IIRC we had decent
underlay put down at the same time. It's been fine since.

I've recently noticed a 'wrinkle', in the carpet, at about the midway
point, ie. roughly dividing the carpet into two 3m x 3m areas. It's
only slight, but given that this marks the point at which the extension
begins, it's got me a little concerned.

Is it likely that the carpet was not originally stretched enough, has
gone a bit 'baggy', and now needs re-stretching? Does this often
happen? I'm slightly concerned that, given the hot summer followed by
recent torrential rain, there might have been some subsidence of the
extension, which the carpet is showing up.

Your thoughts very welcome

Cheers
Jon N

============================
I think that the carpet would be more likely to stretch if the extension decided
to sink since it's attached at both ends. The junction of old house / new
extension is probably a high traffic area leading to greater wear on that
section of the carpet.

If you're concerned about possible subsidence look for cracks in the outside
walls, particularly where old meets new.

Cic.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.
It has removed 404 spam emails to date.
Paying users do not have this message in their emails.
Try SPAMfighter for free now!