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Carpet pucker
I have almost 10 year old cut pile carpeting. It was the builder's
standard offering, but I upgraded to the top end padding because between higher grade carpet and higher grade padding, they said that padding would be the best place to put my money. At about 8 years into the life, we started to see ripples or pucker areas like the carpet was stretching in certain areas. I have been using carpet stretching tools to get them out, but they do not stay out. I never had this happen in the other 2 houses I owned and I have had numerous carpet installations. Since the carpet looked fine for about 8 years, I don't think I can blame the installers. I don't have the carpet cleaned very often (average of about once every 1 1/2 years) and it is always done by a professional. Several questions: 1. Is it better to up the grade of padding or upgrade the carpet to get longer life? 2. What is the general reason (besides installation) that would cause this puckering? 3. When I go for new carpet next time, what are the things I should look out for. I like cut pile carpet. Thanks for any insight you can give me. I never what this problem again. |
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