Grab the knee kicker to.
The correct way to stretch carpet.
Place the base of the stretcher against the wall the carpet is.
Work your way down the wall from.
Carpet or slotted blade knife.
How to stretch new room carpet 1.
Use the power stretcher to pull the carpet into place.
Stretch the opposite corner of the carpet then the two remaining corners.
Power stretch the length first following the numbered sequence shown.
Stretch the carpet against the baseboard with the knee kicker and embed it into the tack strip.
Knee kick the first side.
Stretch the opposite side.
Getting the carpet into place 1.
Adjust a knee kicker s tooth bite on the scrap piece of carpet.
Devices used as a substitute for or an attachment to such devices that penetrate through the carpet backing may c.
The use of a power stretcher is mandatory.
Carpet stretching sequence power stretch the length.
Brace the power stretcher s base against a short length of 2 4 in front of the wall where the carpet remains attached.
Beginning at one end of.
Lay the carpet down.
Involved in almost.
12 stretch the carpet along one wall keeping the stretcher perpendicular to the wall.
The teeth on the knee kicker should grab the carpet.
When the power stretcher s base pushes as its head stretches the wood will.
Trim the padding with a carpet cutter if you haven t already done so with a utility knife.
The stretcher is the most important tool.
Place the head of the kicker about 1 inch away from the first wall you intend to stretch the carpet against.