What did you do today?

[DarisMulkin]

20 years ago they still made decent carpet
Some will get wrinkles easier than others. Pad type makes a big difference, room size and shape come into play and so does the walking areas.
If it was installed in the summer and it was hot, that might be a #1 reason that a kicker was successful.
A kicker rarely works so your installation is an exception.
Most carpets that I've restretched were done with a power stretcher, but using a stinger, not wall to wall stretcher tubes.

The stinger has kind of taken over the industry even though it is not recomended. If you got carpet that is 20 years old its should be time to replace it.

 

[MSLI]

The stinger has kind of taken over the industry even though it is not recomended. If you got carpet that is 20 years old its should be time to replace it.

That knee kicking job was 12 years old and it needed replacing, but what I’m trying to engage is ‘ how ‘ we do what we do, not the outcome.

So to sum up, we have three installation methods for stretch in Carpet. The Most popular to the least popular, Knee Kicker, Stinger Power Stretcher, and then the industry standard, Power Stretching Poles.

These three parallel methods traveling through the installation world are subject to choice or free will and without penalties, incentives or monitoring, the Standard set by the manufacturer can become sub-standard through popularity.

What role do we play, as ‘ Standard Keeper’s’ in the Carpet Installation world? And ! is there a Standard method out there, that we can apply …..In other words, What would the ‘ Humanities Specialists ‘ recommend we do ( HOW) to improve the percentages of Standards ?