Tried a big roll bypass on a commercial job and it actually saved 2 hours

I was doing a 2,000 square foot office last Tuesday and the hallways were killing my time with all the doorways. Decided to unroll the whole carpet down the main corridor and cut it in one shot instead of measuring each room separate. It was risky but the pattern matched up perfect and I finished the hall and three small offices in half the usual time. Has anyone else tried pre-cutting whole runs like that or am I just getting lucky?

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aaronrobinson1h ago

Man I tried that once on a 1,200 footer for a church fellowship hall and the pattern shifted about half an inch by the time I got to the other end... had to pull the whole thing back up and start over measuring door to door like a chump. You definitely got lucky this time but honestly if the layout cooperates it's a huge time saver. Just don't get cocky and try it on a busy commercial corridor with six different doorways and a weird offset wall like I did. That was a two hour mistake I still think about.

jenny_carr5237m ago

Oh man that church hall story hits close to home. I did something similar in a school gym once and the pattern walked a solid inch by the far wall. Had to cut it into three sections and seam it back together which looked like a frankenstein job from the doorway. You live you learn right? Now I only try the full run trick on straight hallways with no weird angles or offsets. The moment I see a corner or a random pillar I just go back to measuring each section like a coward.