Carpet Stretcher

[fidom]

I have recently purchased a new Wilton carpet, underlay and gripper. I bought a carpet fitting kit on Ebay, made by a firm called Stikatak Ltd. This included a knee kicker stretcher but I have been unable to use it satisfactorily, as the spikes are not long enough to reach through the pile to the hessian backing. It therefore tends to skid across the carpet. The carpet in question does not have an unusually deep pile so it looks like the tool is designed only for use on thin carpets. I did think about making a stretcher with longer spikes but perhaps I'm just doing something wrong with this one

 

[mattysupra]

the stretcher you purchased is a total waste of money and good for nothing ! Get yourself a proper stretcher or just pay some one to fit the carpet for less!

There is alot more to stretching a carpet than you would think also.

 

[mattylad]

They do them in b&q etc.

 

[chappers]

As matty says there is more to strectching a carpet than giving it a good whack with a kicker.
there is a bit of a knack to doing it evenly, it's hardly worth buying the kit for what a fitter will charge.

 

[mattylad]

A bolster chisel seems to do exactly the same job as the bolster chisel looking tool you can get for carpets too