How to fix carpet wrinkles without removing baseboards
You can fix carpet wrinkles either by pulling and re-stretching the carpet off the tack strip yourself or by hiring a professional to restretch it. Alternatively, some people look into cutting out the wrinkles and bonding the carpet back together. Crucially, none of these methods require removing the surrounding baseboards.
What the numbers show
Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count
- This comes up 47.7× more often in r/Flooring than across the site as a whole.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Hire a professional carpet installer to restretch the carpet using a power stretcherDid this help you?
- 2Pull the carpet off the tack strip and stretch it manually without removing the baseboardsDid this help you?
- 3Buying or renting a knee kicker to stretch the carpet manuallyDid this help you?
- 4Trimming and tucking the carpet back downDid this help you?
- 5Hiring a carpet professionalDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I got this raised wrinkle in my main hallway. Just really annoying and kind of an eyesore. My kids often run up and down this hallway. Is there an easy fix for this?”source ↗
“Looks like previous owner had carpet installed with virtually no stretching. I am wondering if anyone has had the wrinkles cut out and the carpet bonded back together? I’d prefer not to remove the base boards”source ↗
“Just have a professional come in and restretch. Or if you feel you can do it. Pull the carpet off the tack strip and stretch. No need to remove base it what helps it stay pinned”source ↗
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