Who likes???? Stretching!

[SamIam]

Did a whole house cleaning and some stretching for $$779 today 5 hours, and I got a bucket of scraps to.

Boy does restretching a Home Depot install suck!

I feel like a one legged man in a ass kicking contest.

 

[SamIam]

God bless the maker of the power stretcher!

 

[SamIam]

 

[Cleanworks]

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Did a whole house cleaning and some stretching for $$779 today 5 hours, and I got a bucket of scraps to.

Boy does restretching a Home Depot install suck!

I feel like a one legged man in a ass kicking contest.

Gotta raise your prices. That's slave labor.

 

[hogjowl]

Used to. Still have all the tools.
Too much work.

 

[Acp]

I dont know how unless its a really easy empty room with no closets lol. How did you do it with furniture still in there? do you just pull it away from the beds leaving them in place?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

I dont know how unless its a really easy empty room with no closets lol. How did you do it with furniture still in there? do you just pull it away from the beds leaving them in place?

Use sliders.

Like Marty, I have the tools and yet steer clear of most stretch jobs.

 

[SamIam]

Best part of stretching is the machine isn't on while doing it.

 

[SamIam]

But if I can I'll have a helper clean where I'm not.

 

[SamIam]

I dont know how unless its a really easy empty room with no closets lol. How did you do it with furniture still in there? do you just pull it away from the beds leaving them in place?

I usually request all furniture out if possible, this one had some easy pulls with a kicker then power stretched the opposite direction.

Also opened a hall seam I just pulled it apart by hand, not a good install at all.

Power stretched towards seam locked it in,

Then I kicked from the other direction and used some nails into the carpet through the plywood to hold it while I trimmed it and reseamed it up.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Use a "stay block" to hold tension on the carpet to minimize damage instead of just nails.

 

[SamIam]

Use a "stay block" to hold tension on the carpet to minimize damage instead of just nails.

Link?

 

[BIG WOOD]

All I have is a knee kicker, and I don't plan on doing any more than minor stretching. I've found that networking with a carpet business is a good practice. It saves your knees and helps get a few more customers.

 

[Mikey P]

We have contacts in both areas that do it for $80 an hour.

I glady refer them.

 

[handdi]

We prob average one a week
Bruce little got me doing this when I started 9 yrs ago

 

[Nomad74]

I do it but I don't like it. I charge $90 per direction. You're nicer than me. I make them remove every stick of furniture. I refuse to do it if there is a bed in the room, screw that!

 

[Nate The Great]

I've done more, for less...So don't feel too bad...

I could install if I wanted too, but you couldn't pay me enough to be on my knees all day..

 

[hogjowl]

In the interest of a more adult board, I’m going to let that go

 

[rick imby]

I do it but I don't like it. I charge $90 per direction. You're nicer than me. I make them remove every stick of furniture. I refuse to do it if there is a bed I the room, screw that!

We knew that....

 

[SamIam]

All I have is a knee kicker, and I don't plan on doing any more than minor stretching. I've found that networking with a carpet business is a good practice. It saves your knees and helps get a few more customers.

Junior power stretcher really save your knees.

 

[SamIam]

We knew that....

Why thank you two!

 

[SamIam]

Also my worst injuries on the job not including throwing my back out, are all carpet knife related!

Damn bloody Mary's double sided blades.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Since a stroke 2.5 years ago I've been on plavix, any nick gets ugly quick.

Not worth it.

 

[Living The Dream]

I thought this thread was going to be about yoga.

 

[Nomad74]

The day I found out my 2001 Express 3500 loaded with 2,ooo pounds of equipment could do 95 MPH, was the day I was driving myself to the clinic due to a repair gone horribly wrong with a bloody mary. Cut my thumb right down to the bone. Blood spurted across the room.

The second picture is when I burned my ankle with steam. I just uploaded it for sympathy.

 

[SamIam]

I thought this thread was going to be about yoga.

It still can be!

Any good stretching excercise @Nate The Great doesn't know about?

 

[Nate The Great]

The Love Swing... 100's of positions, when you run out of positions, change out the player...

 

[encapman]

I always took care of every stretching and install request my customers required... By referring them to a professional installer.

Minor repairs I would handle. But I'm a cleaner, not an installer. It's better that way.

 

[SamIam]

I always took care of every stretching and install request my customers required... By referring them to a professional installer.

Minor repairs I would handle. But I'm a cleaner, not an installer. It's better that way.

I do have a guy who sells and installs, he taught me how to use my power stretcher.

I still refer some repairs out to him.

 

[Newman]

Mrs Finklegroover thought my quote of $150 was too much for this job. She said "I had one like this taken out before and it took him only 15 minutes."

I kept my smart assed comments to myself and stood by my quote. We just cleaned her carpet and she passed on the stretching.