Carpet Repair Galt CA | Stretching, Patching, Pet Damage & More

Carpet Stretching Newer Homes
After Bad Carpet Installations

This home is only 5 years old and the carpet started developing wrinkles about a year after it was installed. It was still under warranty so someone came out to get rid of a few ripples only in the downstairs area, and their definition of 'carpet stretching' was to use a kicker and staple into the tack strips.

Obviously that didn't work so the homeowner had me come out and give an estimate. I'm always sad to see this situation, When a homeowner buys a brand new house that is not cheap and gets the short end of the stick because either the builder didn't pay their installer enough or the installer just doesn't give a damn about the quality of their work.

That's where I come in, someone that does give a damn about the quality of their work and cares about the long term end result for the customer.

Most of the wrinkles were in the main hallway section but the customer wanted all the areas stretched. There was furniture moving on the job and I had to stretch the length and the width in each room, which makes moving the furniture and using the power stretcher more difficult. It also adds a lot of time lost when dealing with furniture.

This is why it does cost more to stretch carpet when furniture is involved. I do give my clients 2 options, one is if they move all the furniture and have the room empty before I get there, or I give them a price after I've seen the home that includes me moving the furniture. To me that's fair and seems to be working out pretty well.

So if you're a consumer, what good is a warranty on a carpet installation when this is what they call fixing your problem?

This job took about 6 1/2 hours to stretch everything right with moving furniture and cleaning the carpets downstairs.

In this situation again it's not the home owners fault, it's either the builders or the carpet installers cutting corners and trying to make the most money.

If you need carpet repairs, re stretched, or cleaned, fill out the online contact form to get an estimate started.