DIY Knee Kicker, how to make your own Carpet Kicker, cheap
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2013
- I Didn't want to spend the money on a knee kicker just to put down a bit of carpet in part of my basement, so instead I made this homemade knee kicker out of mostly stuff I already had around my house. Some strap 2x4s, some old hardwood flooring, nails, under-padding and some duct tape
Ultimately I ended up buying a used one off Kijiji, and then sold it on Kijiji when I was done with it. but I was able to do the stairs with this wooden one. 
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7 years on and this was spot on warren....its not meant for using on every carpet ever made but as a one off...great.... took me 20 mins to make and allowed me to install a carpet with no problem....saved me £40 ($50) at local hardware store. If i have another carper tp fit I'd just change the angle of the nails. Nice One.
Great idea.I watched your video and made one just like yours.Just had a bedroom carpet to fit and it worked a treat! Thanks.
Thank you for the tips. I needed one today. It was the first time in 50 years that I used one. So I made one even cruder than yours and it worked perfect! No need to throw money down the drain for 3 minutes of use. Thanx!
Hey man thanks for putting this vid up it saved me a few quid, I was also putting in a cheap end of roll in my basement and only needed to use it once. Perfect solution 😋
I replaced carpet in a hallway, but needed to stretch the bedroom entrance off the hallway and a couple of closets back onto tack strips, so this is the perfect approach for me. The "good enough for what I need" approach.
Great Idea Warren, I need a one time use kicker also and already have the materials around the house to make this kicker. Thank You
Nice work Warren.
Like the video that's great. I went and bought one. 100 bucks. Before I did my inlaws and uncle older then me . Old school guys they kept telling me to make my own. I thought it would be to complicated. But you made it look easy. Good to know incase I ever loose the one I bought. And need one in amergency. If I'm in the middle of a job. Scraps of wood and nails I have a lot of it always around the shop. Now I know how to make now thanks if I ever needed to.
Macgyver would be proud...that is awesome dude.
so would macgruber :)
Great stuff, worked a treat. Thanks
I've now made one. Thanks for the heads up.
Great simple idea. Thanks
I install flooring for a living. This is a good idea for a diy one time deal. Only thing is, when you're cutting your padding for the kicker, check each piece. Sometimes there is a hard piece of sharp plastic in there you don't want to cut your leg on. Be safe have fun!
Wow a positive comment, thanks. It actually didn’t last longer then to just do a set of stairs. But thx.
Well done great video and the tool looks pretty good to me 👍👍
Just what i was looking for. Nice idea and
Thanks for the video, also only needed one time. Good solution.
THANKS !!! I was just seconds from ordering one online when your video caught my eye. I love beating the man . LOL
THIS IS THE VIDEO I WAS LOOKING FOR saved me buying a 100 bucks one use knee kicker.
Exactly, I’m gonna do it again to redo my stairs
Not a bad idea haha ideally what you want is the snap back of the kicker when it's fully extended but your way would just be like using a short kicker not extended, won't stretch as good and you'll definitely feel it in your knee a lot more without it absorbing the impact but it would work but I was really hoping you showed a clip of the kicker in action at the end lol
Idea is good , very creative,
Hell yeah man nice 👍🏽
Brilliant idea. I am going to make one as this is useful also for artificial grass installation. Cheers
This is a pretty old video, I have since ripped all the carpeting out of my basement and put laminate plank flooring down, but my stairs are still carpeted, and I plan to carpet them so that the colour matches the new flooring. Since I’m only doing the stairs, I’ll probably make one of these again.
I only had half my bedroom to do did the job just fine i could've bought a new one for 19 pound (UK) but quite fancied making one myself
If you are in the US, knee kickers are $25 from Harbor Freight.
$50 now
Love it 😂 this will be good for a good few carpets 👍
I managed to carpet my stairs with it
Brilliant....
Great video have just attempted to make my own! How did it work for the carpet?
excellent idea! worked well for a small job I had where it wasn't worth hiring or buying one.
Honestly u do need cottenheads so you don't rip the carpet,or skin the pile from the backing.just put lots of pressure on your home made kicker head and don't kick hard.You'll do fine nice invention bud.
Now that I'm over the excitement of this video, I'm ready to make my carpet stretcher.....
still waiting
Where can I buy one??
Thanks for the tip. Being creative is the way I like doing things too. The rude comments here are unnecessary.
Your right, hey this worked for my needs at the time.
Probably could have used a few pieces of tack strips instead of nails, but yours will work.
thanks. got a few extra pieces of tacstrip. now I don't have to ask my old boss to borrow a kicker.
Genius...
The teeth on tack strips would likely be too short as they are designed to hold the bottom part of carpet. Teeth need to be long enough to go all the way through from the top down.
Thanks!!
Good idea, if you use shorter nails, it would save all that trimming down hassle!.also, got bad knees?, use a lump hammer!
I just checked HD, the kicker can be rented for $11/4hrs, or $15/day, really saves all this,
ultimately I bought one of Kijiji, used it for a month, then resold it at the same price. even a better deal.
What is the tool called that was used to cut the nails in this video?
+James Seales End Nippers, Nail Puller, Farrier Tool
One suggestion to anyone making this ....if your room is not too wide, you can use a car jack and a 2x4 to stretch instead of the kicker.
Great idea!
Please explain 👍
I've seen it all now!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Cool
Heath Robinson would have included that in one of his stories.
it got the job done for the stairs that I was redoing, but when I got to the bigger areas, I ended up buying a used one for $30.
how did the two compare? Were you just happy to find a good deal or were you having troubles with the large areas?
Did you think to Rent from Home Depot for $18.00 for the day? You would have been done with the install in the time it took you to build that and make the video.
ultimately I ended up buying a used one and selling it after, better then renting for me, cause I was working on installing this carpet in the evening after work, took several nights to do all of the basement. thanks for the feedback.
Looks pretty good. I think its funny that you paid a bunch for granite counter tops, but wont spring for the hundo for a tool you could turn around on Craigslist or eBay for $80 when you're done with it.
ironic eh? actually, I used this homebuilt kicker to do my stairs, work well for that, but ultimately I bought a used kicker off kijiji and when I was down the entire basement I sold it for what I paid for it.
That's official..
you can buy them now for about £25 nice tool to have about for home security
Never heard of using a Carpet Kicker for home security. Do you use it as a cudel?
Just buy a knee kicker. Then when your done with it return it lol. Just don't damage it in the process.
+rexburn1955 ultimately I ended up buying a used one off Kijiji, and then sold it on Kijiji when I was done with it. Cheaper then renting, no worries about damaging it.
That's inviting bad karma
Seems Legit. Hahaha
If you need to borrow a kicker..np...But I also work for sandwiches if thats what It takes lol :) Also, your teeth stick out to far, they will grab the pad under the carpet and stretch it onto the pins or separate your pad seams..not fun - Im done. Cheers!
Kickers aren't cheap, this is necessary for DIY
could of rented a kicker
its true, I could have, but I was doing my basement and stairs in my evenings, took a few weeks, once you include moving stuff from room to room, laying under-padding etc. I scored all the carpet to do the basement for $150 new, torn out of a new townhouse cause they didn't like the colour. it was a bit of a hack job, but its only temp, last me a few years till I reno the entire basement. this piece of crap work for my stairs, but ultimately I ended up buying a used one for $40, used it to finish my basement, then resold it. cheaper then renting
Now make carpet stretcher...
Now I may have seen it all... SMH :(
If you want to build it yourself just google for woodprix. I know you will find good solutions for all your ideas.
They are $24.00
Homemade knee kicker almost free, hospital bill 1,700$, if no kneecap replacement,wow thanks Handy Manny
Any more professional carpet installers have discouraging words before I save $300 from watching this video?
lol
in that particular design those nails are going to go through the carpet and dig into the subfloor and you want me to kick it very far forward at all
Nice job! now build lawn mower out of a blender. BTW lets calculate just for fun, the cost of the drill, drill bit, the saw to cut the wood, the hammer, the duct tape, the nails and oh yea the time to create this master piece, now how much to rent a kicker? about $15....... hmmmm this is a tough one to figure out.
Most DIYers have these tools already lying around, as well as off cuts of wood from previous jobs. I have everything I need to make this right now for nothing, and where I live it costs almost as much to rent as to buy one.
Mark Burg, And Oh Yeah you forgot about wear and tear on his vehicle, time to go to the store to rent it, gas money there and back. Waiting at the store, AND dealing with people like you. Good job to Warren.
Great way to show someone how to hurt themselves.
only if they don't know how to keep there hands out of the way
slamming your knee into a home made kicker sounds like a recipe for a blow out.
A trivial concern considering all the how to videos on youtube. Caveat emptor- ALWAYS! Hospital bills are horrific :)
If you watched the video, then you seen him pad the end of it. How is it any different?
What's the difference between a homemade kicker and bought kicker besides the obvious? Don't be scared to produce your own tools, its people's like you that want everything's spoon fed to you like a baby...🍼🍼🍼
$100? What? They shouldn't be more then $45
bet it didnt work. That robinson crueso kicker would rip hell out of any carpet
Or.... you can rent a knee kicker for $20.
Go rent one $15 a day
agreed
WTF
This is a joke right??
+Alfonso Cardenas yup
Sure is , why doesn t he show when using it, now i m gonna have to build my own to see if it stretches well
Rental at Home Depot 25 a day and won't kill your knee
Carpet kicker do it yourself cost equals cheap...cost of knee replacement surgery $20.000..go figure...but what the heck if it works go for it...not everyone has the extra money to spend..
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? The homemade one is no worse than a store bought one. You are hitting a padded kicker with your knee.
why would you post such a thing there are people that do this for a living and we take pride in our work go back to wva with your homemade tools
this piece of crap work for my stairs, but ultimately I ended up buying a used one for $40, used it to finish my basement, then resold it. cheaper then renting.
FUCK OFF!!!!! People have been making their own tools for centuries. Not everyone can afford to buy new tools and it is easier to make them.
Relax. I also do this type of work for a living, and I'm not offended at all. Here's the kicker: If you bothered to watch the video at all, you'd know the kicker was made for a one time only use.
How's that for a kick in the pants.