That Tuesday nearly cost me a whole room of carpet

Last month I was installing a broadloom in a living room in Austin (about 300 square feet) and everything was going smooth until I noticed a weird ripple along the seam. I had stretched it too tight on one side, trying to save time, and it buckled bad by the wall. Took me three hours to pull it back up and re-stretch it all over again, lost a whole afternoon. My helper kept saying "just patch it" but I knew that would look trashy. The homeowner walked in during the fix and got real quiet, which made my stomach drop. Ended up finishing by 7 PM but I learned my lesson the hard way: slow down on the power stretcher or you'll pay for it later. Has anyone else had a seam go sideways on a busy day?

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evan_dixon6712d ago

Felt that stomach drop just reading it, man.

lily9712d ago

Did you try just taking a few slow breaths before responding?