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That moment my power stretcher slipped on a hardwood step
I was working a job in a split-level home in Arlington last Tuesday, had the power stretcher set up perfectly on the stairs, and then the pad slipped. The whole thing slammed into the baseboard and cracked it. I had to stop, pull out some heavy duty tack strip and redo the tension setup with a manual knee kicker instead. Has anyone else had a power stretcher fail on a tricky transition like that?
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aaronclark12d ago
Gotta call you out on this one man, power stretchers are pretty much foolproof if you check the pad condition first. You probably weren't keeping enough downward pressure on the handle or the pad was dirty. User error is way more common than a tool failing on a simple hardwood step.
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jana11912d ago
Laughing at myself here because I'm exactly the guy who'd blame the tool before checking the pad. Last week I spent a good 20 minutes cussing out a chalk line that kept snapping inside the case. Turns out I'd loaded it upside down and the spool was tangled around my finger the whole time. So yeah, you're probably right about the downward pressure. I was definitely leaning back like I was trying to avoid getting splashed by a puddle instead of pushing into that carpet.
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