When moisture damages the subfloor under a carpet it leaves a sponginess and instability that is hard to ignore.
Remove carpet sectio knee kicjer.
It moves a wider section of carpet with every kick.
Set the teeth of the knee kicker into the carpet about 6 in.
Carpet installers use strong mastic that doesn t deteriorate when they glue down carpets and they often use more than is really needed both of which spell bad news for you when you want to remove the carpet.
Prepare the room and stretcher.
Firstly remove all the furniture from the room including the cabinets and any heavy items that might stand in the way of repairing your carpet.
After stretching the length use the knee kicker to set one side the door side.
Also use the knee kicker to stretch confined areas where the power carpet stretcher won t fit photo 9d.
Crain 525 wide head knee kicker.
If you are trying to stretch carpet in a part of a room where the power stretcher is too big to fit you ll want to use the knee kicker.
How to repair a floor re install the carpet.
By using a carpet knee kicker you can repair your rippled carpet.
The same is true of extensive.
The knee kicker works like the carpet stretcher but requires you to be on your hands and knees.
Rent a power stretcher and knee kicker for less than 40 for four hours at an equipment rental store.
In this video we demonstrate how to properly restretch loose carpet to remove buckles so that they won t return.
Then buy a carpet knife not a utility knife at any home center.
Crain 525 wide head knee kicker has a wider gripping head with four gripper inserts and an extra row of hardened steel pins 19 in total.
You don t have to hire a carpet layer fix it yourself with rental tools and our instructions.
Go back around the room and.
Then use the knee kicker on either side of the stretcher to fasten the carpet back onto the tack strip.
Take one round around the room.
The knee kicker works best for small rooms or hallways no wider or longer than 12 feet.
Curl the excess carpet at the baseboard toward you and trim it from the back with a carpet.
If needed remove the threshold over the carpet.
Pulling up the carpet and scraping underneath with a paint scraper to beak the glue bond is tedious work and wetting the carpet to loosen the adhesive may cause it to break into pieces.
Grab the knee kicker to finish the stretching.
To use the knee kicker place its head about 6 inches 15 2 cm from the wall and use your leg just above the kneecap to finish the stretch.
