Trimmed a door too short and had to get creative with the tack strip

I was installing carpet in a 1920s bungalow outside Portland last Tuesday and mis-measured a closet door opening by about an inch. Ended up having to pull the tack strip back and shim it with leftover pad strips so the carpet would grip properly without leaving a gap. Has anyone else had to MacGyver a fix like this after a measurement screwup?

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felix15520d ago

That's not a MacGyver, that's just standard carpet guy damage control.

barbara27820d ago

Oh man, that reminds me of the time my uncle fixed his truck with a coat hanger!