Carpet Stretching
Restretching is our most-requested repair. It fixes carpet that has gone loose without replacing a single yard of it.
Carpet loosens. That is normal, not damage.
Carpet is installed stretched tight over tack strips around the edge of a room. Over years of foot traffic, furniture being dragged across it, and ordinary humidity swings, that tension lets go a little at a time. The carpet itself is usually neither worn out nor damaged. It is simply no longer anchored as tightly as the day it was installed.
That’s the whole reason restretching exists as its own job, separate from repair: nothing is torn or broken, so nothing needs replacing. We pull the carpet back to drum-tight and re-secure it on the tack strip, and the ripples are gone.
How to tell it’s a stretching job
Ripples or waves
Visible rolling bumps across the carpet, especially in high-traffic paths between rooms.
Bunching near a doorway
Loose fabric that gathers at a threshold or where two rooms of carpet meet is a classic stretching sign.
A trip hazard
Carpet loose enough to catch a foot or a chair leg is loose enough to genuinely be dangerous, not just unsightly.
What restretching actually looks like
“Three rooms in one visit”
“Kevin was very responsive and did a wonderful job stretching out
carpets in 3 rooms. Would definitely hire again!”
Anjana C. · Thumbtack review
“Fixed the two issues we had”
“Kevin was great, fixed the two issues we had with the carpet and was
very friendly. Would recommend to anyone and will definitely use
again.”
Thumbtack customer · Carpet Repair, needed re-stretching
What a stretching appointment involves
We assess the room
Furniture that needs to move, and how loose the carpet has actually gone.
We re-anchor it
The carpet is pulled back to proper tension and re-secured on the tack strip along every edge.
We check the whole room
Not only the spot you noticed. Carpet that is loose in one corner is often loosening elsewhere as well.
If restretching won’t fix what you’re seeing, whether a tear, a burn or a section genuinely worn through, we will say so and point you to carpet repair instead. We’d rather quote the job that actually fixes it.
Tell us how many rooms
A room count is enough to begin. We will come back with a straight price before anyone arrives.
Serving Maryland, Washington DC and Northern Virginia, from Ellicott City to Fairfax.