That one customer in Cleveland who noticed my knee kicker technique

I was doing a bedroom in Cleveland last month, kind of a cramped layout with weird angled closets. The homeowner watched me for a minute while I was stretching some plush carpet near the door frame. He pointed at how I was using my knee kicker and said 'you're gonna mess up your back doing it that way, you gotta angle it more.' I almost laughed it off but he showed me his old carpet install days and how he used his body weight different. Honestly I tried his method on the next seam and it saved me from that lower back ache I usually get after a few hours. Now I'm curious what other tiny adjustments people have picked up from random homeowners or old timers on site that actually changed their routine?

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paul23318d ago

Man that's a solid tip from the homeowner, always good when someone shares something that saves your back. Have you found that leaning in more helps with knee strain too?

leohart18d ago

Try leaning your body weight into it more than just using your arm to jam the block in. That saved my knees too once I figured it out from an old timer who did commercial jobs for thirty years.