Tales from the Floor: Buckled Carpet
The consumer said they were concerned with large buckles in the carpet in the trafficked and untrafficked areas throughout the installation. Some were almost big enough to trip over.
The consumer said the dealer pulled back a corner of the carpet, said it was delaminated and the consumer never heard anything more until the inspector called.
Upon testing, the buckles were firm to the touch and nearby carpet raised up, indicating the carpet is not delaminated, and also indicates the carpet has good dimensional stability.
Disengaging the carpet from the tackstrip along several walls revealed round holes in the secondary backing.
The round holes indicates the carpet was not stretched properly by using a power stretcher during installation.
If a power stretcher was used, (like this)
elongated holes would be seen on the secondary backing. Like this:
Based on education, training and experience, on observation, examination and testing, on the Carpet and Rug Institute’s Standard for Installation of Carpet CRI 105-2015, and on standard installation practices, this inspector determined that this issue was installation related.
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