The bumps may appear when the carpet padding wears down enough to create slack in.
Lumps in carpet after cleaning.
A carpet that ripples after a professional carpet cleaning is almost always a symptom of an underlying cause.
The cause is due to the carpet not being installed correctly when it was new.
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.
After you ve had your carpet cleaned by a cleaning professional you observe that there are lumps and wrinkles appearing all across your carpet s stretch.
In many cases however especially when a carpet is more than a few years old it does end up looking worse after cleaning.
Sometimes these ocean waves may be restricted to one particular area of your carpet.
Rippled or buckled carpet after cleaning.
We don t always see this happen but occasionally when we clean the carpet starts to get large previously unseen ripples and waves.
Rippling and buckling carpeting is the last thing a homeowner wants to see after having their carpeting cleaned.
Usually the ripples bumps and buckling are not the result of improper cleaning but rather of a problem that already existed with the carpet.