I show my customers this exact process whenever they ask what the power stretcher is for and I always end with why would I kill myself with a knee kicker as opposed to simply pulling a lever. Great video love the repairs you do motivated me to up my seams and repair work
New sub here. When I was young and able 40+ yrs ago I was the gopher for a grouchy old carpet layer… he was a retired minister in his 70’s. His workmanship was average, seams were just “ok” but his work ethic was 100% righteous. People In the community knew and trusted him so we were in-demand six-days/week, We were *always* on-time even if we had to start prepping at 5am. He *always* pre-measured and we rough-cut every job in our warehouse, re-rolled, labeled and loaded in our van in the order of installation. We were organized and ready for the work-always. This video reminded me how hard and physically demanding installing floor-covering was. This retired minister had two hip replacements but still wailed on the knee-kicker the best he could…he never gave up. We hauled big rolls up stairs.. down stairs… he’d spend hours on his knees with the power-stretcher, seaming, or doing glue-downs, all the time in pain from those hip replacements. We *always* worked until the job was done… scraps removed new install vacuumed and furnishings put back, even if it was not part of the sale we always helped the homeowners. At the time I absolutely hated the work but looking back it taught me so much about doing the right thing, keeping your word, and treating jobs and customers with respect. He worked well into his 80’s, passed away peacefully in his sleep. RIP Reverend.
My grandfather has a similar work ethic. Retired from running a furniture factory in his 60's, moved to SoCal, decided he could do his own contracting to build he and my grandmother a house near the beach. People liked the results so much they asked if he could do contracting for their houses. Eventually, at age 75, he went and got his contracting license and began doing that for years. Always got the best deals for his clients, never let poor workmanship slide on his sites, and got it done in record time. It was like watching a ballet of workers, power tools, earth movers, and inspection engineers. He used to have up to four or five major jobs going at once and watching him juggle it all with what is clearly a case of severe and untreated ADHD (definitely where I get it from) has been one of my biggest inspirations in my own career in engineering. He's just retired (again) and is finally giving himself a break, taking it easy, and relaxing....which is why he's now only working on his upstairs neighbours' kitchen, a bathroom for a neighbour down the hall, and my parents' major renovation extending the entire back of their house by 5-10ft out off the edge of a steep hill on poor soil. Never change Papa Joel, never change.
@@maxk4324 Got a cabinet maker for a grandpa on one side and a textile mill mechanic (deceased) on the other. Both had the same work ethic and both tough as nails. I'll be praying for your grandad. I hope he gets to enjoy decades of future retirement.
Your love for carpet install and repair really warms my heart. I have the same love for vehicle steam cleaning and detailing. When you have a job you love, work isnt work, its just a passion you get paid for.
I have the same love and passion for professional cooking. Though it would be nice to be paid more. I love watching his channel because he is so damn passionate about something some people consider insignificant and it's really refreshing. ✌
I spent a lot of summers doing this with my uncle. You have to stretch a room that size. Trust me when I say my uncle kicked like a mule. If he couldn't knee a room tight, nobody is kneeing that room tight.
We had a flooring guy come to our house and we intended on getting new carpet because we had a few wrinkles and damaged spots. This guy earned my business for life, he suggested we stretch the carpet and repair the damaged areas and finish it off with a deep clean. The place looks brand new and it saved us a lot of money.
The knee kicker will never get wrinkles out with certain types of stiff or dense carpets. Great video showing how much easier it is to do things the correct way.
Was working in a bad neighborhood once. Had my power stretcher snatched from my van while I was inside looking at the job site. New Installation , 133yds, had to knee kick all of it. I think I lost 5 years off my carpet installation career that day 😂. Power stretching is the right way and the only way!
I was told your meant to use the muscle next to the knee to avoid injuries, I don't know if you were or not or what you know, but I wish you the best!!!
Thank you for all your videos! Each one is very professional and informative. I love seeing both your technique and listening to your words of wisdom. I hope you have a wonderful December, CarpetGuy!
you do, but, like most life hack videos you over exagurate and use the tools wrong to make you buy another tool(but the "power stetchers" are good you dont need that brand) you ment to kick and pull form the inside and move out, like when you use your foot to push the folds out to the edge
It is painful, and it's really, REALLY bad for your joints and spine. I only worked in flooring installs for about a year, and just seeing a carpet kicker causes my lower back to hurt.
I work for a carpet repair business. We are always getting calls to come behind people who just kicked the carpet in to restrech the rooms they did. When we do installs or repairs we always power stretch the carpet
Im just sayin being the son of a man that did flooring for 38 years using a kicker is for when you first put the carpet in and cut it to the base board than use the kicker than use the power stretcher im just sayin thats how i was taught to do it
I like using both, stretch it then kick it in lol I did my entire house one afternoon then slept forever after that 🤣🤣 it turned out great and lasted until I took the carpet out years later
Obviously the stretcher is a better tool, But you need to get your kicker closer to the mountains so that you can actually move instead of you trying to move the whole room close to the wall.
The knee kicker isn't what kills your knees when doing flooring. It's all the up and down tacking padding stretching. You only use a knee carpet in tight places.
I'm a mover and the carpet company will call us to move the furniture so that they can stretch. And I swear every time the jobs done the customer will complain that the ripple is still there since the filtration line/dirt line was not cleaned since they didn't ask for that service, it gets annoying to hear it all the time. But I think its great that you did clean that line so that the comments wouldn't say the same thing.
I do flooring but wasn’t trained in carpet, the guy that trained me did carpet though. He said if you do a good stretch with a kicker right from original install you will never have to go back and stretch it again. Working with him he has never got a call back. I’m not against power stretching but you can stretch a carpet too far and you know that. Watching carpet guys I’ve learned it’s all about stretching techniques and patterns.
@@carpetguy ok I was just told that certain carpets depending on the backing of them, if stretched too much you can separate the backing. I don’t do carpet but I have respect for carpet guys! Good ones are hard to find.
Ha ha knee kick one cm from the skirting board or power stretch at an adequate distance to move the carpet.. just another reason you need a professional 😆 you lay carpet better than I ever could but my eyes work just as well lol thumbs 👍 😁
I do flooring for a living and I agree power Stretching is way better.Most installers use a kicker or a spike which doesn't do any better.I also use a hairdryer to heat carpet up to help stretch better.
Good fashion heel Simple steps are lift carpet with your least dominant leg place heel on on carpet side 2 )strong grip both hands gentle backheal the carpet till ripples have disappeared Lay carpet flat 3) use carpet chisel and tuck carpet back on to grip rods 4) use craft knife to strim excessive carpet 5) cheaper , and more efficient and you haven’t stretched carpet at all
On re stretches, yes your not gonna get them wrinkles out with a knee kicker. But a power stretcher is not need “on every new install” or every repair. Plus your using the smaller kicker they sucks for stretching whole rooms. There is kickers with bigger heads and pads. Another thing is how the carpet is installed. Installed incorrectly causes wrinkles, cold temps, hot temps, factory defects, factory rolling carpet up to tight or to loose not “knee kicker or power stretchers” I’ve been around carpet my whole life “24” my dad has been installing for 24 years “with a knee kicker” only using power stretchers on repairs, very big rooms and stubborn carpet. Just because it doesn’t work for you or you don’t like it doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. Love the vids tho keep up the good work!
I may be wrong as I was a carpet fitter for all of one shift but don’t you remove ripples by starting from the ripple and working towards the wall, that would definitely make it a little bit more annoying than the power stretcher but it works and is definitely more accessible to DIY-er’s
Lpt to any of the new guys in the carpet industry. When doing concrete floors in basements Instead of getting on your knees to hammer in your tac strips get a hollow pipe and a solid metal pole that fits in it. Line up your tac straps and use the pole to hammer in your nails. It's way easier then being on your knees all day trying to hammer in concrete nails.
Because most carpet installers are self taught improper installation methods .a kicker is a placement device to set on tack strip and then use the power in the opposite direction for an effective install I have been installing for over 30 years and Seldomly get call backs if you allow someone to install with a kicker they are only setting you up to come back and get you for additional charges later sometimes more than the install price just do the job right !customers will remember a good install over calling you back to redo your own work .
Kick up the seams as you glue them, then power-stretch the room. BUT always use the power-stretcher BEFORE the final trim. That way when you push the stretch lever, the other end of the carpet is turned up the wall - pinned against the baseboard behind the stretcher base. Using spikes to hold the base end is likely to result in pulling a run in your carpet.
Genuine question, can this overstretch the carpet at all? Separating the fibers maybe? Or would it tear by then? I'm just trying to think of the risks of using a big stretcher like that, but I'd absolutely choose that first any day of the week
I always found that kicking usually is for small kicks to a single wall or a transition strip because it’s taxing on the body and pulling out and setting up a power stretcher just takes up a lot more time than I really want but if it’s a super long stretch it’s the way to go
My husband has a flooring business and let me tell you, this work has taken a toll on his body. He's 61 now and can barely carry the rolls of carpet and pad alone anymore. His knees and back are wrecked. Out of curiosity, what are on your feet? I'm asking cuz my hubby went through the toes of shoes like toilet paper and for some reason, maybe it's the video, but it looks like you have special shoes on..lol
stretcher is the way to for sure. but you can get the wrinkles out with a kicker if you start at the wrinkle not the wall. it takes longer but it can be done.
In my 20s I installed carpet and tile for 10years. Now I'm in my 50s and the knee kicker has taken a toll on my legs.. Power stretcher works better but for a small room the knee kicker is so much faster.
I show my customers this exact process whenever they ask what the power stretcher is for and I always end with why would I kill myself with a knee kicker as opposed to simply pulling a lever.
Great video love the repairs you do motivated me to up my seams and repair work
let them know if you dont use the power stretcher and only use s knee licker itll ripple up in the next year or two
@@rileywhite5091there's a place and time to use either
How much does a carpet stretching typically cost ?
Until you get a shit wall and the stretcher goes through it lol
@@Timmyval123 300 plus.. Depending on poles etc
New sub here. When I was young and able 40+ yrs ago I was the gopher for a grouchy old carpet layer… he was a retired minister in his 70’s. His workmanship was average, seams were just “ok” but his work ethic was 100% righteous. People
In the community knew and trusted him so we were in-demand six-days/week, We were *always* on-time even if we had to start prepping at 5am. He *always* pre-measured and we rough-cut every job in our warehouse, re-rolled, labeled and loaded in our van in the order of installation. We were organized and ready for the work-always. This video reminded me how hard and physically demanding installing floor-covering was. This retired minister had two hip replacements but still wailed on the knee-kicker the best he could…he never gave up. We hauled big rolls up stairs.. down stairs… he’d spend hours on his knees with the power-stretcher, seaming, or doing glue-downs, all the time in pain from those hip replacements. We *always* worked until the job was done… scraps removed new install vacuumed and furnishings put back, even if it was not part of the sale we always helped the homeowners. At the time I absolutely hated the work but looking back it taught me so much about doing the right thing, keeping your word, and treating jobs and customers with respect. He worked well into his 80’s, passed away peacefully in his sleep. RIP Reverend.
Wow that's ironic. The guy who is teaching me is a 70 year old grouchy minister😅
@@MrPoppaGeorgiohe had 2 hip replacements and was in pain. Of course he’d be grumpy
My grandfather has a similar work ethic. Retired from running a furniture factory in his 60's, moved to SoCal, decided he could do his own contracting to build he and my grandmother a house near the beach. People liked the results so much they asked if he could do contracting for their houses.
Eventually, at age 75, he went and got his contracting license and began doing that for years. Always got the best deals for his clients, never let poor workmanship slide on his sites, and got it done in record time. It was like watching a ballet of workers, power tools, earth movers, and inspection engineers. He used to have up to four or five major jobs going at once and watching him juggle it all with what is clearly a case of severe and untreated ADHD (definitely where I get it from) has been one of my biggest inspirations in my own career in engineering.
He's just retired (again) and is finally giving himself a break, taking it easy, and relaxing....which is why he's now only working on his upstairs neighbours' kitchen, a bathroom for a neighbour down the hall, and my parents' major renovation extending the entire back of their house by 5-10ft out off the edge of a steep hill on poor soil. Never change Papa Joel, never change.
@@maxk4324 that man will work until his body won’t let him or he’s dead. my dads the same way.
@@maxk4324 Got a cabinet maker for a grandpa on one side and a textile mill mechanic (deceased) on the other. Both had the same work ethic and both tough as nails. I'll be praying for your grandad. I hope he gets to enjoy decades of future retirement.
I was rooting for the stretcher and it did not disappoint! That was soo damn satisfying Carpet Guy!
Your love for carpet install and repair really warms my heart.
I have the same love for vehicle steam cleaning and detailing.
When you have a job you love, work isnt work, its just a passion you get paid for.
I have the same love and passion for professional cooking. Though it would be nice to be paid more.
I love watching his channel because he is so damn passionate about something some people consider insignificant and it's really refreshing. ✌
Cheaper to replace a power stretcher than a knee
Waste of time most of the time
My favorite ginger carpet master!!!! Beautiful work!!!
I spent a lot of summers doing this with my uncle. You have to stretch a room that size.
Trust me when I say my uncle kicked like a mule. If he couldn't knee a room tight, nobody is kneeing that room tight.
We had a flooring guy come to our house and we intended on getting new carpet because we had a few wrinkles and damaged spots. This guy earned my business for life, he suggested we stretch the carpet and repair the damaged areas and finish it off with a deep clean. The place looks brand new and it saved us a lot of money.
Love the educational vids!
My knees could never 😭
The knee kicker will never get wrinkles out with certain types of stiff or dense carpets.
Great video showing how much easier it is to do things the correct way.
Thanks Nick. The “kicking is better” guys on here, though, lol. The proof is in the tasting of the pudding.
Carpet guy. Take off. Hop some Moore. Didn't even press on your tack strip when you didn't even kicknit properly
Power stretcher is way better but you were never gonna kick nothing out with those "anchors" between you and ripples.
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Was working in a bad neighborhood once. Had my power stretcher snatched from my van while I was inside looking at the job site. New Installation , 133yds, had to knee kick all of it. I think I lost 5 years off my carpet installation career that day 😂. Power stretching is the right way and the only way!
Oh man, that’s too bad. 😵😅
That kicker seems like a really good way to get messed up knees in the future.
It is so great to see someone who loves what they do, and are at the same time are great at it.
Your knees will thank you for using the stretcher!
As someone who is still recovering from a knee injury 6 months ago (finally back at work though! ) watching this makes me sweat. Lol
yeah not only the stretch method is better it also dosent leave you feeling like train rolled on your knees at the end of the day
I was told your meant to use the muscle next to the knee to avoid injuries, I don't know if you were or not or what you know, but I wish you the best!!!
Fuck that!! I mostly hate my job, but seeing shit like this makes me a bit more grateful!!
Watching this made my back hurt😭 glad there’s a more efficient way to do this!!
I had a carpet that I thought was hopeless. I had it restretched and cleaned and it was good.
Omigosh that knee kicker looks like a hospital trip waiting to happen
Thank you for all your videos! Each one is very professional and informative. I love seeing both your technique and listening to your words of wisdom. I hope you have a wonderful December, CarpetGuy!
Thanks so much. Appreciate that, Alice. ❤️
I need this service for my carpets! 😫
Lol thought he was ramming into the wall for a sec😂
It also helps to have a hot water extraction cleaning done when you restrech the carpet to help relax the fibers and get them to adjust easier
Those were some good knees carpet guy
Wow looked like it was gonna shred good job!
I always saw that tool and thought they hit the end with a hammer! 🤣 That ‘kicking’ looks painful.
you do, but, like most life hack videos you over exagurate and use the tools wrong to make you buy another tool(but the "power stetchers" are good you dont need that brand)
you ment to kick and pull form the inside and move out, like when you use your foot to push the folds out to the edge
It is painful, and it's really, REALLY bad for your joints and spine. I only worked in flooring installs for about a year, and just seeing a carpet kicker causes my lower back to hurt.
Good job
Thanks buddy
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@@19nineteenthirteen19 howdy
Thanks for showing this...☑☑
Great tip. I was looking at having carpet laid in bedrooms, now I know which method to ask them they use.
I work for a carpet repair business. We are always getting calls to come behind people who just kicked the carpet in to restrech the rooms they did. When we do installs or repairs we always power stretch the carpet
I love you carpet guy
This is sooooo damn interesting to me!!! I freaking love it!!
Show us more!! I want more!
Kickers just a setting tool to put on the pins stretcher does all the work glad to see some ppl do things the rite way 👍👍👍👍
Your awesome!
I only did carpet for like a year but the knee kicker was good for tight places and the stretcher was good for the rest of the room
Yes.!!
Gotta love them poles
Gorgeous & immaculate carpet 😬
Im just sayin being the son of a man that did flooring for 38 years using a kicker is for when you first put the carpet in and cut it to the base board than use the kicker than use the power stretcher im just sayin thats how i was taught to do it
I don't know why I like getting high and watching people fix carpets, but I do. Thanks for the content
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I like using both, stretch it then kick it in lol I did my entire house one afternoon then slept forever after that 🤣🤣 it turned out great and lasted until I took the carpet out years later
As a electrician, this is the tool I imagine the apprentices are looking for when I tell them to get “ a pipe stretcher”
I'm loving it
Wonderful demonstration sir
At my job we usually use a crab stretcher combined with the kicker and it works really well for those rolls. Great video
Great music choice.
Obviously the stretcher is a better tool, But you need to get your kicker closer to the mountains so that you can actually move instead of you trying to move the whole room close to the wall.
This vid simply demonstrated the superior results the stretcher has vs the kicker from the same spot. Night and day difference.
Great video
Nobody gonna mention dudes shoes?? Straight outta Pinocchio
I played roller derby for nine years…and this made me wince repeatedly. Your kneeeeeeees!!!
The knee kicker isn't what kills your knees when doing flooring. It's all the up and down tacking padding stretching. You only use a knee carpet in tight places.
Save you knees !! You may have to propose ( again ) ! Lol
Never ever needed a carpet stretcher. Always laid that carpet damn near perfect every time.
I'm a mover and the carpet company will call us to move the furniture so that they can stretch. And I swear every time the jobs done the customer will complain that the ripple is still there since the filtration line/dirt line was not cleaned since they didn't ask for that service, it gets annoying to hear it all the time. But I think its great that you did clean that line so that the comments wouldn't say the same thing.
Brother I have no idea how you manage with leather knee pads. Truly a god among men.
If this carpet thing doesn’t work out for you, I think those power knee’s you were throwing could get you a UFC debut.😊
This is my favorite video from you now!
Why did I think this was Prince Harry at first?
my favorite combo of the 2 stretch than kick into place
Worked with these guys that would spray water on the bottom of the carpet to make it stretch better. They had all kinds of ways of cutting corners.
Wish my dad had one of these, whenever I would go to work with him he would made me do the stretching with the kicker 😂
Bro looks like the comedian Steve Hoffstetter. I was like “Steve, did you give up comedy and become a carpet guy?!”
You have a craft. That is impressive.
That kicker fcks my knees up
That’s a real look you’ve got going on, forget the carpet and hit the club!!!
I do flooring but wasn’t trained in carpet, the guy that trained me did carpet though. He said if you do a good stretch with a kicker right from original install you will never have to go back and stretch it again. Working with him he has never got a call back. I’m not against power stretching but you can stretch a carpet too far and you know that. Watching carpet guys I’ve learned it’s all about stretching techniques and patterns.
I have yet to see a carpet over stretched, and twenty years here in the sf bay re-stretching poorly knee kicked installs.
@@carpetguy ok I was just told that certain carpets depending on the backing of them, if stretched too much you can separate the backing. I don’t do carpet but I have respect for carpet guys! Good ones are hard to find.
its very similar to wrapping a car. you have to stretch it just a little in certain areas so you dont get material bunching up like this, pretty cool
My knee hurts looking at this
Jayyyy thank you for the Information!
Ha ha knee kick one cm from the skirting board or power stretch at an adequate distance to move the carpet.. just another reason you need a professional 😆 you lay carpet better than I ever could but my eyes work just as well lol thumbs 👍 😁
I do flooring for a living and I agree power Stretching is way better.Most installers use a kicker or a spike which doesn't do any better.I also use a hairdryer to heat carpet up to help stretch better.
Good fashion heel
Simple steps are lift carpet with your least dominant leg place heel on on carpet side
2 )strong grip both hands gentle backheal the carpet till ripples have disappeared
Lay carpet flat
3) use carpet chisel and tuck carpet back on to grip rods
4) use craft knife to strim excessive carpet
5) cheaper , and more efficient and you haven’t stretched carpet at all
I was waiting to finally meet someone who does this. 🤦🏼♂️🤡
@@carpetguy nothing wrong with the mechanical help but if you don’t know what your buying or on a budget can get pricey especially in uk
Had no idea Ryan Reynolds did carpet without his dead pool costume on
Until you realize the the house wasn’t made properly and you move the room instead of the carpet. 😂
That would be my house… in fact, I might get a carpet stretcher out in my lawn and see if I can get the house plumb
Or you send the back of the stretcher through the wall behind you because there is no baseplate!
Mostly in basements but I stopped doing residential. Commercial installs all day.
On re stretches, yes your not gonna get them wrinkles out with a knee kicker. But a power stretcher is not need “on every new install” or every repair. Plus your using the smaller kicker they sucks for stretching whole rooms. There is kickers with bigger heads and pads. Another thing is how the carpet is installed. Installed incorrectly causes wrinkles, cold temps, hot temps, factory defects, factory rolling carpet up to tight or to loose not “knee kicker or power stretchers” I’ve been around carpet my whole life “24” my dad has been installing for 24 years “with a knee kicker” only using power stretchers on repairs, very big rooms and stubborn carpet. Just because it doesn’t work for you or you don’t like it doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. Love the vids tho keep up the good work!
Plus no knee pain, just back pain lol
I may be wrong as I was a carpet fitter for all of one shift but don’t you remove ripples by starting from the ripple and working towards the wall, that would definitely make it a little bit more annoying than the power stretcher but it works and is definitely more accessible to DIY-er’s
that’s dope
Lpt to any of the new guys in the carpet industry. When doing concrete floors in basements Instead of getting on your knees to hammer in your tac strips get a hollow pipe and a solid metal pole that fits in it. Line up your tac straps and use the pole to hammer in your nails. It's way easier then being on your knees all day trying to hammer in concrete nails.
Because most carpet installers are self taught improper installation methods .a kicker is a placement device to set on tack strip and then use the power in the opposite direction for an effective install I have been installing for over 30 years and Seldomly get call backs if you allow someone to install with a kicker they are only setting you up to come back and get you for additional charges later sometimes more than the install price just do the job right !customers will remember a good install over calling you back to redo your own work .
Nice!!
Kick up the seams as you glue them, then power-stretch the room. BUT always use the power-stretcher BEFORE the final trim. That way when you push the stretch lever, the other end of the carpet is turned up the wall - pinned against the baseboard behind the stretcher base. Using spikes to hold the base end is likely to result in pulling a run in your carpet.
Power stretcher for the win
You sure are very passionate about your work
Genuine question, can this overstretch the carpet at all? Separating the fibers maybe? Or would it tear by then? I'm just trying to think of the risks of using a big stretcher like that, but I'd absolutely choose that first any day of the week
I’ve never ripped a carpet, a few weak seams separate time to time but never carpet fibers tearing or delaminating.
My whole life I've gone without seeing the use of a kicker, and now that I have its a wonder carpet guys have any knees at all
It all depends on what it looks like to begin with....also, there's times when you'll use both together.
"Oh yeahhh"... this guy really loves stretching carpet lol
💯😅
I can appreciate power stretching it's easier on your body and it works better
Ah, a true carpeter. Nice
One of those seems better both in the final product and in not feeling like shit when you get home.
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I always found that kicking usually is for small kicks to a single wall or a transition strip because it’s taxing on the body and pulling out and setting up a power stretcher just takes up a lot more time than I really want but if it’s a super long stretch it’s the way to go
You kicked it like you were swinging your purse. Lol jk. Great video
Kicking is for setting stretching is for maintenance over time if it get wrinkles you can stretch it put and reset then trim excess.
My husband has a flooring business and let me tell you, this work has taken a toll on his body. He's 61 now and can barely carry the rolls of carpet and pad alone anymore. His knees and back are wrecked. Out of curiosity, what are on your feet? I'm asking cuz my hubby went through the toes of shoes like toilet paper and for some reason, maybe it's the video, but it looks like you have special shoes on..lol
Ah, I feel for him. Must be a tremendous hard worker. ❤️🩹
Those are shoe covers I’m wearing.
What are you spraying on the rug?
stretcher is the way to for sure. but you can get the wrinkles out with a kicker if you start at the wrinkle not the wall. it takes longer but it can be done.
You only kick at doorways to tuck typically or closets but they don’t do much besides set the carpet on the tack strip tightly
I can kick in a room. 1% industry standard stretch.
In my 20s I installed carpet and tile for 10years. Now I'm in my 50s and the knee kicker has taken a toll on my legs.. Power stretcher works better but for a small room the knee kicker is so much faster.
Wouldn't stretching the carpet distort any patterns and the spacing between them, on non plain carpets?
Yes you are correct! You should stretch the entire length or width to help it from being so noticeable. Should be explained to customers beforehand.
I would stretch both ends so don’t put to much tension on. Stretcher or walls. Splits streching