If you are the average homeowner those waves are not the thing you want to see in your carpet especially right after spending a bunch of money on a cleaning that is supposed to enhance and protect your carpet.
Is it normal for carpet to be stretched after cleaning.
Rest assured though that this is not only normal it is temporary.
If you want the best clean for your carpet and don t want to risk having visible wrinkles lines even after it is pulled taut get the cleaning done after the stretch.
When your carpets are stretched properly with a power stretcher there is no risk of those.
Cleaning loose carpet is tough.
If the installer has not stretched the carpet tightly enough it may loosen slightly which could cause it to ripple.
The thinking is that once a carpet has been stretched cleaning it will undo some of the stretching and cause wrinkles dents and folds to reappear.
Cleaning the carpet after a stretch can cause these lines to disappear.
When a wall to wall carpet is installed it must be stretched tightly and then is secured in place with tack strips along the edges of the carpet.
Wet carpeting can stretch and form ripples that will.
It s better to clean a carpet after stretching.
However this is incorrect.
Carpet buckling may occur as a result of poor installation of the carpet.
Some carpets can hide their need for stretching.
In our parlance this is called latex displacement.