Tried a power stretcher on a tight condo hallway and it backfired badly

Was doing a 12 foot hallway in a downtown Seattle condo last Thursday and figured I'd save time by running the power stretcher sideways instead of hand-kneeing it. Ended up pulling the carpet clean off the tack strip on one side and had to re-do three rows. Anybody else had a tool choice go wrong on a narrow run like that?

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the_dylan13d ago

Did you check the hallway walls for square before you started? Usually that's what gets you when you try to muscle a stretcher sideways in a tight spot.

troy99613d ago

Brutal lesson to learn, man. Feel for you.