LarrynBarb
NE Kansas
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We have noticed that our carpet in our living room area of our coach has apparently become somewhat unattached as it has a noticeable hump along the front of one sofa that is probably about 4 to 6 foot long.
It seems as though it is even more raised in that area when our one living room slide is brought inward. But it is still quite evident when the slideout is extended outward.   
Was curious if other folks have had any similar problems like this and if so, what did you do to solve this problem. I have not looked at it real closely but presume that the carpet has become unattached back behind the one sofa and as the slideout is brought inward it is sort of dragging the carpet inward.
I certainly do not plan to replace the carpet, but just eliminate the noticeable hump. We haven't as yet but the hump is actually large enough that could cause someone to trip. 
Is this carpet affixed to carpet strips such as those in stick and brick homes ?
Is their any easy solution or should I just have a carpet installer re-attach the carpet ?
Look forward to your suggestions. 
Larry
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rolnhome
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I had a carpet layer come over and strech our cacpet. It is stapled to the floor. He lifted the Flap (overlap) from the slide, removed the staples from the mainfloor and streched it towards the slide stapeled it back down and trimmed the excess. actually an easy job. He charged 65 bucks. Took him about an hour, he did it at my house.
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Azsouth
Arizona
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We had the same problem....the hump was noticeable in both the living room and bedroom. We ended up replacing the carpet with vinyl tile, but since you don't want to do that, I would recommend some staples. When we took our carpet out, we discovered that it had been stapled to the sub-floor....tons and tons of staples! And there were no tack strips at the edges. I agree with rolnhome....if you want to tackle this yourself....find the edge of the carpet right under the slide (in our rig the carpet ended about 2 in. beyond the front of the slide.....stretch it out and re-staple.....you can put many staples directly on the carpet and they don't show...and this is how the carpet is installed in the first place.
Good luck!
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LarrynBarb
NE Kansas
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Thanks for the info.
I'll have my ex-son-in-law tackle the problem. He does hardwood floors now, but use to be a carpet installer.
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