How to Get Bumps Out of Carpets

Remove all furniture and fixtures from the room that weigh down on the carpet.

Grab a piece of the carpeting in one corner of the room with a pair of needle-nose pliers. Pull back gently to release the carpet from the tack strips below.

Pull backwards on the piece that you loosened to remove the carpet from the tack strip. Once you get it started, it should pull back easily. Detach the carpet from the tack strip all along the wall of the room directly across from the main entry doorway.

Set a piece of scrap wood against the center of the wall directly opposite where you are working. Butt the carpet power stretcher against this piece of wood to ensure it does not damage the wall or baseboards.

Run the power stretcher directly to the center of the wall where the carpet is loose. Line up the head of the stretcher 6 inches from the unattached carpet edge and lower the lever on the stretcher to dig the tool's teeth into the carpet.

Push the power stretcher forward until the carpet is completely flat and lined up with the tack strip. Then lower the head and slowly release the lever so that it forces the carpet tight into the strip. This ensure that the carpet is completely flat and stretched to remove bumping.

Move 18 inches to the left of your starting point and repeat the process. Repeat every 18 inches to the left until you hit the wall, then move 18 inches to the right of the starting point and continue until you have restretched the entire carpet.

Stretch corner pieces with a knee kicker, which is a smaller version of the power stretcher. Brace the kicker against your knee and dig in the teeth 6 inches from the unattached edge, then force it forward until the carpeting attaches to the tack strips. Repeat with both corners of the wall.

Trim away any excess carpeting with a carpet trimmer. Because you stretched the carpet tauter to remove the bumps, you will have have a little excess left over at the end of the job.

Run the dull edge of the carpet cutter all along the edge that you attached to the tack strips to force it more firmly into place. This will help to prevent bumps in the future.