If you have tight areas where the power carpet stretcher won t fit spaces less than 3 ft.
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Then install some new tack strips along the wall and staple the old padding to the new strips.
Once you have the tack strips and padding in place lay the carpet back down and use a power stretcher to pull the carpet into place so it s.
When the power stretcher s base pushes as its head stretches the wood.
To stretch carpet start by pulling up one side of the carpet and removing the padding and old tack strips.
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It does the lion s share of the carpet stretching.
Brace the power stretcher s base against a short length of 2 4 in front of the wall where the carpet remains attached.
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