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Saw three guys last month install carpet with no knee kicker, just a hammer and a dream
I was doing a rental turnover in Phoenix last month and the property manager hired a crew to do the bedrooms before I got there for the stairs and hall. I walked in and these three guys had a hammer, a staple gun, and not one knee kicker between them. They were stretching carpet by hand and just hammering the tack strip down harder when it pulled loose. I watched one of them try to power stretch a corner by leaning back on his heels like he was water skiing. Two days later the PM called me back because the seams were already waving in the doorway. I re-stretched the whole thing in about 90 minutes with my kicker and a power stretcher. Has anyone else seen this trend of new guys skipping the basic tools and just winging it?
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jade22615d ago
Seen the same thing with guys skipping tools all over lately, not just carpet, like they think watching a few videos is the same as learning the trade. Had a kid show up to help me lay tile once with no spacers or level and just eyeballed the whole floor, which lasted about a week before the grout started cracking. Shortcuts always catch up with you and the person who pays for it is the one who hired the cheap crew.
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