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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: gwrightson on August 10, 2009, 06:22:28 pm

Title: rippling carpet
Post by: gwrightson on August 10, 2009, 06:22:28 pm

Following on from Simons post , I thought it would be interesting to see how many have had this effect happen to them.

I have voted occasionaly, by that perhaps once every 6 months.

Geoff

Title: Re: rippling carpet
Post by: derek west on August 10, 2009, 06:28:15 pm

been trading 14 months and i've had 3, wierd thing is they happened over 3 days, one a day including the one i posted on simons thread that rippled as soon as i presprayed. not scared anymore though, they always go down, well mine did.
derek

Title: Re: rippling carpet
Post by: Ricky M on August 10, 2009, 07:30:53 pm

Cant rem it every happening to me but hay my mem is right pants at times . just glad my balls are in a fixed bag

Title: Re: rippling carpet
Post by: Mike Osbourne on August 10, 2009, 07:39:23 pm

You can get it a lot with latex back carpets, always drop back down but can be dramatic at the time. Remember my first one and I was pooting myself.

Title: Re: rippling carpet
Post by: elliott cleaning on August 10, 2009, 09:20:07 pm

Derek
3 happening in 3 days; weird!!.   Not really.   Weird (or wierd in your part of the world), but atmospheric conditions have a good deal to do wirh that

Title: Re: rippling carpet
Post by: daysdeepclean on August 10, 2009, 10:08:34 pm

I warned it would happen on one a little while ago and said it would go back to normal after 24 hours.... It took a week ??? It was really slack and I advised a restretch....

Title: Re: rippling carpet
Post by: Andrew Briscoe on August 10, 2009, 10:09:01 pm

Had a few , but all been the manmade jute backed, and made of nylon or polyamide.
Usually been the shadow pile/cut and loop sculptured type, all gone flat next day.

Andrew

Title: Re: rippling carpet
Post by: derek west on August 10, 2009, 10:38:05 pm

Quote from: elliott cleaning on August 10, 2009, 09:20:07 pm

Derek
3 happening in 3 days; weird!!.   Not really.   Weird (or wierd in your part of the world), but atmospheric conditions have a good deal to do wirh that

must of been atmospheric conditions in one room but not the rest of the house (even wierder)
my guess would be nylon content as it slackens when wet, but what do i know eh!
oh and yes, it was wierd. but obviously only in my part of the world ::)
derek

Title: Re: rippling carpet
Post by: Fintan_Coll on August 10, 2009, 10:49:26 pm

I usually find when it happens the carpet is quite loose anyway and in need of re stretching. I often wonder is it the ''shock'' of the hot water suddenly hitting the carpet which causes it to relax or soften. Normally everything goes back to normal in a day or two.
I remember a carpet rippling in a house where an old lady lived. She suggested sticking a needle on the ripple to ''let out the air'', she must have thought it would be same as bursting a baloon  :).