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Can we talk about how I stopped stretching carpet by hand after 15 years
I always figured a power stretcher was for the young guys and I could still get a room tight with a knee kicker and my own two arms. Last month I was doing a 40 yard berber job in a rental out on Ferry Street and the homeowner, an older guy who used to install back in the 80s, watched me fight a corner for 20 minutes. He didn't say much, just handed me his old power stretcher and said "try it once, I'll wait." That room locked in tighter in about 4 minutes than anything I ever pulled by hand, and my knees didn't hate me the next morning. I've done 3 more jobs since with it and the seams are flatter and I'm not re-stretching callbacks. So yeah, I was wrong for a long time, mostly out of pride. Any of you still kicking everything by hand or did you switch over at some point?
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oliviabutler14h ago
My uncle handed me his old power stretcher like that too and I let it sit in my truck for a year before I touched it, mostly out of being stubborn. Funny how a tool can sit there judging you until you finally give in.
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