Carpet Layers Knee Kicker

With this tool you avoid the risk of being stuck with a bumpy carpet.

Carpet layers knee kicker.

Workers using this device generate force by striking the tool with one knee. Price 3. Carpet layers spend approximately 75 percent of their workday kneeling according to niosh estimates putting a significant amount of pressure on their knees. Such workers strike a knee kicker used to stretch the carpet with the suprapatellar area of their knees.

It is suggested that these entities resemble housemaid s knee. This condition can develop either due to pressure or a direct injury to the knee. Prepatellar bursitis is an inflammation of the prepatellar bursa which is located in front of knee. Features include a sturdy aluminum frame and a foam comfort grip to cushion your knee while working.

This knee kicker carpet stretcher allows you to fit carpets like a professional which saves you a lot of money compared to hiring a carpet fitter. Make offer clarke carpet kicker fitting gripper knee stretcher laying tool cht403 carpet fitting knee kicker installer stretcher fitter setter wrinkle remover amt 39 99. It is also called as carpet layer s knee or housemaid s knee. Knee problems among carpet layers are described.

In this video i show how to stretch a room of carpet with a knee kicker. The knee kicker carpet installer is the ideal tool for stretching new carpet into the corners without leaving wrinkles or bulges. Sturdy and lightweight aluminum frame. It s also useful for getting a tight fit on stairs or in closets.

Knee kicker for installing new carpet for re stretching frayed carpet and eliminating wrinkles in existing carpet utility knife for cutting all types of carpet and underlay and great for general use carpet tucker for tucking carpet into gripper strips and installing carpet on stairs. Members of a carpet layers union required knee surgery evacuation of knee effusions and treatment of repeated joint infection. The use of a knee kicker tool to stretch carpet adds additional strain to the joint. As a consequence the use of the knee kicker has become widespread among carpet layers who install wall to wall carpets in homes and offices.

S symptoms of the condition are swelling of the knee. A carpet layer using a knee kicker.