Caught my knee stretcher slipping on a commercial job in Phoenix

I was installing 50 yards of loop pile in an office lobby and the knee kicker just kept losing grip on the concrete subfloor. Had to stop mid row and put down carpet tape strips every 3 feet to keep it from sliding. Anybody else run into slick subfloor issues on glue-down jobs?

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tessa3681mo ago

Twenty bucks says you spent more time pulling up those tape strips than you did actually stretching the carpet. Honestly, that sounds like trying to ice skate uphill with flip-flops on. Ngl, next time just spray the kicker pad with some cheap hairspray, works like a charm and peels right off.

diana_black221mo ago

Lost grip on the concrete subfloor" - yeah, sounds like you were basically trying to install carpet on a Zamboni. I've been there in Phoenix too, that slick polished concrete is brutal. Next time try a little spray adhesive on the bottom of the kicker pad, it'll grab way better than tape strips and you won't look like you're building a patchwork quilt across the lobby. Did you have to go back and pull up all those tape strips or did they get buried under the glue?