[mark turton]

a thread on garys earlier post about shrunk or stretched - someone put on about
having training on this with the eqpt to save call outs and being able to do yourself.
perfect sense to me.

only had one done cost me 45quid for comp to do.

other than settling time before deciding yes it needs doing - be great to be able to do.

SO HAS ANYONE HAD THAT TRAINING - IS EASY TO LEARN ? - COST OF EQPT AND TYPES?
COST OF TRAINING AND WHERE ?

also a nice little add on service...££  

[tony bish]

Thats a fair bit of my work restretching and remedials ,but then I am a carpet fitter ,who happens to also clean carpets  .You can go on a fitters course Mark and learn the trade but not heard of a course especially for restretching ,would be a good idea though   .But on another note restretching is not quite as simple as it seems and people make out ,and is very reliant on what type of carpet you are dealing with .

[Paul Moss]

First window cleaners now carpet fitters, what ever next 

[tony bish]

Yes Paul how extraordinary ,only, ones cleaning and fitting Carpets and anything carpet related  ,and the other is ......well cleaning Windows  

[mark turton]

First window cleaners now carpet fitters, what ever next 

wouldnt need to diversify if beer boys wouldnt carve the prices up

[mark turton]

Thats a fair bit of my work restretching and remedials ,but then I am a carpet fitter ,who happens to also clean carpets  .You can go on a fitters course Mark and learn the trade but not heard of a course especially for restretching ,would be a good idea though   .But on another note restretching is not quite as simple as it seems and people make out ,and is very reliant on what type of carpet you are dealing with .

cheers fella thats good a response and food for thought - dont want to break into carpet fitting but it could seem quite professional to be able to fully understand carpeting.

[peter maybury]

Mark
fitting new carpets is straight forward and quite easy (for a carpet fitter), you know what you are dealing with. Most  carpet fitters do not like to deal with used carpets because it is not what they are used to handling.
Refitting a used carpet will take a lot more effort and time that fitting a new carpet resteching carpets can be simple but a lot of  the time you need experience to know which way to stretch it and how much stress you can put on it.
It is experience and the easiest solution, if you are cleaning is not to put yourself into the situation where you schrink the carpets in the first place.
A course cannot teach you experience.

Peter

[tony bish]

Couldnt agree more Peter .

[Hilton]

Mark
fitting new carpets is straight forward and quite easy (for a carpet fitter), you know what you are dealing with. Most  carpet fitters do not like to deal with used carpets because it is not what they are used to handling.
Refitting a used carpet will take a lot more effort and time that fitting a new carpet resteching carpets can be simple but a lot of  the time you need experience to know which way to stretch it and how much stress you can put on it.
It is experience and the easiest solution, if you are cleaning is not to put yourself into the situation where you schrink the carpets in the first place.
A course cannot teach you experience.

Peter

What !!!! 

All the fella was asking is there a course or can someone show the basics of refitting a carpet which, lets face it is a piece of pish..pretty sensible I would say and yes you can learn it and experience will come, as in anything ,once you put it to use, funnily enough even carpet cleaning.

He wasn't asking if anyone was doing a course on experience 

I wonder how many on here have never put themselves in a situation where a carpet might have or has shrunk, (I know I have) if not then perhaps you need to 'experience' it to know how to deal with it, once it will inevitably at some point happen.

Apart from that its useful when going to a property and inspecting before you clean to know how to put a carpet back on the gripper or indeed fit new gripper or underlay if required which is a useful add on.

[Dave_Lee]

I think what the guys were trying to say is that, when carpet problems arise following cleaning, like shrinkage or rippling,
it is 'experience' that tells you:-
1. Can this carpet problem be rectified by stretching.
2. Is this carpet going to respond to stretching.
3. Will attempting to stretch this carpet result in more damage.
4. Will this carpet stretch at all.
5. If rippled can the ripples be rectified.
6. Will attempting to stretch ripples out of a carpet cause further stretching and more ripples.
7. Etc. Etc.

Learning how to stretch a carpet is easy, knowing where and when it is 'beneficial' takes time and experience.
Of course the catch 22 is that you don't gain 'experience' without 'doing'.
Dave.

[tony bish]

Exactly Dave ......and whats all that about Hilton  as I said I have not come across a course for restretching perhaps there is one ,if not it would be a good idea ,what do you want me to say ,and imo for what its worth bearing in mind I have spent most of my working life fitting and doing remedials on carpets ,restretching is not as simple as is made out ,sometimes it is ,but is reliant on the type of carpet and many other factors.
And as for saying experience will come ,err fitting I dont think so ,unless you are a very bad one with a very large insurance policy .   

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

Knowing the correct procedure for stretching is a skill in itself.

You can be shown how to do it, but it's only by doing it regularly and on many different room layouts that you can become proficient.

[garybristow]

peter have you never had a bit of shrinkage on a carpet in your career?
gary