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A 68 year old installer in Boise told me to stop stretching so tight, and it fixed my buckling problem
Had a call back last month on a 400 sq ft berber job in Meridian where the seams were peaking and rippling near the hallway. The homeowner's uncle used to install back in the 80s and he watched me stretch for a minute, then said 'you're pulling the life out of it, back off and let the carpet relax before you kick it in.' I tried it his way on the next room and the stretch came out flat with maybe half the effort. Turns out I was fighting the backing instead of working with it. Anybody else get taught to stretch hard and never questioned it?
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the_simon5d ago
Honestly this is the same thing I see everywhere, people treat hard work like it's always the answer when sometimes you're just making it worse. I did the same thing with my golf swing for years, gripping the club like I was trying to choke it out, and my buddy told me to loosen up, and boom, straight shots. It's like we get this idea in our heads that more force equals better results and nobody ever stops to ask if that's true. Sounds dumb but I had to learn it the hard way too. That old guy knew what he was talking about because he probably watched a hundred guys make the same mistake. Tbh I wonder how many other things I'm out here doing with too much effort for no reason.
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