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The way people stretch carpet now drives me nuts
I started installing in the 90s. We used knee kickers and power stretchers the right way. Now I see guys just pulling carpet tight by hand and tacking it down. That's not stretching, that's laying it flat. It'll ripple in 6 months easy. Walked a job last week in Phoenix where the homeowner paid $4,000 for new carpet. Half the seams were already separating because nobody bothered to stretch it from both sides. I had to redo a bedroom myself just to prove it wasn't the carpet's fault. Anyone else notice this shortcut getting worse every year?
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roberts.jordan13d ago
@nancy_davis nailed it. Hand pulling is just making beds for $4000.
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