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wendyg43
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20h ago
Hot take: tack strips or glue down for concrete slabs? A guy in Phoenix quoted me $2.40 a yard more for glue and I can't tell if he's right or just upselling
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kellys78
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3d ago
I finally tried stapling tack strip through the pad instead of pulling it back, and my knee is mad at me
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ray136
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4d ago
I finally stopped pre-stretching my carpet after a 20 year installer in Reno told me it was a waste of an hour
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faith_thomas
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4d ago
Saw a crew in Tulsa stapling straight into a slab with no pad, still think about it
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val_williams
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8d ago
Hot take: my installer buddy in Fresno said he stopped stretching carpet in closets, and I can't quit thinking about it
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the_anthony
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8d ago
Spent 20 minutes stretching a stair runner in Boise only to find the tack strip was 3/8 short
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taylorc40
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8d ago
Shoutout to the apartment manager in Dallas who saved me from a $2,400 tear out
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craig.mila
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12d ago
Power stretcher teeth keep bending on this one house's tack strip
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casey_wood2
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15d ago
An old installer's comment about knee kickers changed my whole routine
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dixon.iris
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15d ago
Found a trick for hiding seams under low pile, wish I knew this 2 years ago
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wendyprice
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15d ago
Why I ditched tack strips for glue down on a 2,000 sq ft office job
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the_grace
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18d ago
TIL the hard way about stair tackless in Portland
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pat_fisher24
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26d ago
Spent 3 hours fighting a seam that should've taken 20 minutes
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kellyjones
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26d ago
Veteran on the crew made me ditch my power stretcher habit
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milaw14
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26d ago
Finally finished a 4,000 sq ft office job in one day
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