Guy in Denver asked me to stretch carpet over a marble threshold

I was working a condo job in Denver last Tuesday and the homeowner pointed at a 3-foot marble strip between rooms. He said just stretch the carpet right over it like it was nothing. I had to explain it would buckle and look terrible. Anyone else get asked to do something that just defies basic physics?

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knight.xena1d ago

Yeah that's just asking for trouble.

the_sean1d ago

Yeah stretching over marble is asking for trouble, the carpet will never lay flat right there. The problem is marble doesn't give at all compared to tack strip, so the stretch just fights itself. You did the right thing to push back on that.