Had to choose between a power stretcher and a knee kicker on a tricky angled wall job

The wall ran at a 45-degree angle for 15 feet, and I had to decide fast. I went with the power stretcher for the main pull and it gave me a perfect seam, but it was a tight squeeze. Anyone have a better method for those weird angles?

4 comments

4 Comments

victorh812mo ago

Check the baseboard for any give before you lock it in. A little flex there can ruin your tension on an angle. Did you tack the leading edge first or just go for the full stretch?

cora5182mo ago

That tricky choice reminds me of life, where the obvious tool isn't always the right fit for the weird angles.

wyatt_mitchell262mo ago

Honestly, I just muscle through with the power stretcher head. You can tilt it and work the angle in sections. Pre-tacking every 8 inches sounds like it would add more time than it saves on a cut that small.

betty_wells2mo ago

Last year on a 30-degree bay window, I used the kicker on the points and a hand stretcher for the long bias seam. Like cora518 said, the obvious tool isn't always right. That power stretcher head is just too wide sometimes. I found if you pre-tack the points every 8 inches, you can sneak up on the tension without forcing a big tool in there.