This video blur out?

[Mountain View Carpet Care]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCRG717fdpE

No this was not directed to George.

 

[Nate The Great]

Nice way to F'up some carpet. Also, only stretch all of 2'. Looks like a camrea phone with the quality.

 

[Mountain View Carpet Care]

Nice way to F'up some carpet. Also, only stretch all of 2'. Looks like a camrea phone with the quality.

You have got to be kidding me. That guy is a master installer. Software issues I think.

 

[Nate The Great]

Nice way to F'up some carpet. Also, only stretch all of 2'. Looks like a camrea phone with the quality.

You have got to be kidding me. That guy is a master installer. Software issues I think.

And you seriously got to be kidding me. That is only a restretcher, not a true stretch with a power stretcher. Reminds me of the guys who think their knee's are as strong as a power stretcher. Ever see what happens to carpet with the restretcher? And the installers try to say it's a manufacturing problem. :roll:

 

[DRScrivner]

I openly admit that despite my IICRC RRT Cert I am not a really good installer, with just a little installation experience.

But, I have not seen a power stretcher used that way before. Why would they sell the poles if that worked that way. I know about Behr Claws, but that pulls toward the tackstrip. A power stretcher pushes against the opposing wall (with a stretcher board for protection) to get the 1 to 1 1/2% stretch- or so I was taught.

That does half of a power stretch and half a Behr Claw. If it works I would LOVE to know more.

Maybe I can learn something new here.

 

[Mountain View Carpet Care]

This was not a new install. The baseboard are the partical board crap.

 

[Nate The Great]

I openly admit that despite my IICRC RRT Cert I am not a really good installer, with just a little installation experience.

But, I have not seen a power stretcher used that way before. Why would they sell the poles if that worked that way. I know about Behr Claws, but that pulls toward the tackstrip. A power stretcher pushes against the opposing wall (with a stretcher board for protection) to get the 1 to 1 1/2% stretch- or so I was taught.

That does half of a power stretch and half a Behr Claw. If it works I would LOVE to know more.

Maybe I can learn something new here.

I'd stick with the power stretcher if I were you. When your foot slips or wasn't secure enough, you got a nice problem on your hands. I'm all for innovated products, but that's a problem I'd rather not deal with.

 

[Mountain View Carpet Care]

Some of the builders around here don't allow poles to be used. The baseboard are the cheap partical board and might push a wall over

 

[DRScrivner]

Some of the builders around here don't allow poles to be used. The baseboard are the cheap partical board and might push a wall over

Isn't that what a stetcher board is for?

 

[KevinL]

What a hack. Check out some of the patch jobs on youtube. I won't give them the respect of calling them bonded inserts or permanent sections. They are patches.

 

[sweendogg]

That gentelmen is what is refferd to as a carpet spike and it will void the warranty on about 80 % of the carpet installed. For instances when an opposing wall is not safe to stretch off of, a dead man is to be used to stretch off of. It would be placed about 4 to 6" off the wall that would normally be used to stretch off of. http://www.fcimag.com/Articles/Feature_ ... 32a8c0____

 

[Mountain View Carpet Care]

That gentelmen is what is refferd to as a carpet spike and it will void the warranty on about 80 % of the carpet installed. For instances when an opposing wall is not safe to stretch off of, a dead man is to be used to stretch off of. It would be placed about 4 to 6" off the wall that would normally be used to stretch off of. http://www.fcimag.com/Articles/Feature_ ... 32a8c0____

The carpet has been in the house for 6 years, This was not a brand new install.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the link, Sweeney.

 

[sweendogg]

Irregardless of the age of the carpet, a carpet spike is going to do damage to the carpet. A restretch is supposed to prolong the life of the carpet. Not damage it even worse.

 

[XTREME1]

a long 2x4 or a deadman and when you stretch you need to kick it into the tack strip as well