That would be the Crain hand stretcher, basically it stretches the carpet where you can't get fit your stretcher in. Hope that explains it.
Better go put the van back on the drive then! Cheers Matt.
Welcome mate!
Not got it yet mate, but made some room for it on the driveway or should that be mantle place Matt?
Cheers lads, yeah still fit a fair bit of carpet in bathrooms, I think the older generation like there carpet and the the young ones seem to...
hi guys, Did a Full prep bathroom in carpet yesterday morning. Used hot melt to stick the gripper as the customer didn't want me to nail or drill...
Ok then guys who uses a screeding comb instead of a trowel when screeding? how do they compare?
I use hot melt alot but it aint the strongest fix, been told if you use the proper hot melt primer adhesive it holds the gripper to the floor...
Ok guys question for you, what method do you use to cut the carpet when joining carpets together plus what method do you think gets the best...
Whats the prize then Matt?
Yep happy Christmas everyone! Top advice been given all year from all forum users.
Yeah, it does a quacking job.
Cheers Matt, why do you say no good for domestic? Time it takes to setup with compressor ?
Yeah if I'm pushed for time mate I butt the edges up and join them together with some brown parcel tape.
Stanley bostitch do a concrete nailer, I want to try it for fixing gripper on floors where the concrete is to hard to nail, anyone ever tried it...
Castle velour or castle velour ribbed? From headlam group that's cheap but seems quite hardwearing!
Hook or super hook and concave for the tricky bits like the architrave.
Yeah I'm busy too, but it's not anywhere near as busy as I thought, snow has been a nightmare here in Lincoln.
I can do carpet, domestic vinyl, plyboard, seagrass/sisal and I did my first laminate job recently so I can do that to a very basic level at the...
I use scissors to cut any excess off when underlaying and cut in with my knife. I sometimes cut my carpet joins with scissors if I have got time!
