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riverp37•1d ago

A guy in Portland watched me stretch a Berber for 20 minutes and asked why I never kick the seams

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ryan_carr59•1d ago

Can we talk about the stretch job in Fort Worth that ate my entire week

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henry_kelly54•1d ago

Bought a $180 power stretcher off a guy in Tulsa and the damn thing died on the third room

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spencer_johnson22•2d ago

Why I stopped stretching carpet with a knee kicker on every single room

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casey535•3d ago

Just realized I had my knee kicker angle off for 12 years

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taylor.jessica•4d ago

Pro tip: Don't let the builder talk you into stretching over wet slab

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paige870•5d ago

18 years in and a rotary stretcher just humbled me

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matthew_owens9•7d ago

The day I stopped hating stretch-in jobs after that oak floor disaster

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margaret_nelson•10d ago

Ramset nailer failure at a new build in Fresno changed my setup

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danielmartinez•10d ago

Tack strip gauge debate: I'm done with the 5-in-1 combo tools

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johnson.ryan•11d ago

Finally clicked on why my seams kept showing through

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troyjackson•11d ago

Has carpet quality actually dipped since 2015, or is it just me?

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the_kelly•13d ago

The tiny door gap that made a 2,000 square foot job take 3 extra hours

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jordan653•13d ago

Warning: glue-down carpet in a basement with slab cracks bit me hard

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lisa_murray•15d ago

Old timer in Daytona taught me the chalk line trick

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