Just realized the average carpet installer walks over 10 miles a day according to a study I saw

I read a trade article that cited a university study tracking installers with pedometers, and the distance was way higher than I guessed. It made me think about how much we're actually moving during a standard 8-hour job in a 2,000 sq ft house. Do you guys find that number accurate, or does it seem off based on your own experience?

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taraross15d agoMost Upvoted

Wait, ten miles just in one house? @terry835 might be right but that's still wild to me.

holly_garcia16d ago

How is that even possible? I mean, they're in one house, right? Ten miles is like walking across a whole town. Maybe if you count all the trips back and forth to the van for tools and material, but that still seems crazy high. I'd believe five miles, tops. That study must have been tracking them during a huge commercial job or something.

terry83516d ago

Try laying carpet in a big open room without any furniture. You're walking the full length of the room for every single strip, then back to the seam roller, then over to the kicker. It's like doing laps all day. Ten miles sounds about right after you've done a few hallways and a staircase. My feet believe it.