DAE still stretch carpet by hand instead of using a power stretcher on small rooms?

Taylor Owens · 2026-09-22T20:45:04.175943+00:00

I know everyone says you have to use a power stretcher on every job, but I've been doing 12 by 14 bedrooms by hand for a while now and honestly it's been working fine for me. Pulled up a Berber in a house over on Maple Street a couple weeks ago where the previous guy used a power stretcher and the backing was all crushed at the walls. I get it, power stretchers save your knees, but I feel like a lot of guys lean on them way too hard and overstretch the goods. Anybody else find that hand stretching gives you better control on tighter spaces, or am I just asking for trouble down the road?

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