Am I the only one who thinks stretch-in is overrated for most residential jobs?

I was reading through the CFI forum archives the other night and found a stat that surprised me. According to a 2022 study they cited, about 40% of residential carpet failures in the first 3 years are actually from too much tension during stretch-in, not too little. That goes against everything we get taught in training. I still think power stretching has its place on big commercial runs, but for a standard 12x15 bedroom I'm starting to wonder. Has anyone else seen more callbacks on jobs where you really cranked the tension?

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knight.mason14d ago

That 40% stat lines up with what I've seen too, a lot of guys crank it way too hard in rooms that just don't need it.

tarag2814d ago

Well now I'm rethinking my own heating habits, I always just turned it up full blast without thinking.