The debate about pre-stretching carpet before glue-down jobs

I had a talk with a guy named Mike at a supply shop last Tuesday. He said pre-stretching is a waste of time for glue-down since the adhesive holds it. But I've always done it to avoid ripples later on. Which side do you fall on here?

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susana6612d ago

Mike from the supply shop is wrong. I've seen plenty of glue-down jobs ripple after a year because nobody stretched the carpet first. Pre-stretching takes like 15 minutes and saves you from coming back to fix bubbles.

samwalker11d ago

Start by saying I've never actually bothered to prestretch a glue-down and I've never had one come back on me yet lol. Maybe I'm just lucky or maybe the carpet guys in my area over think it.