Carpet

Azza · 16 Jan 2016 at 09:59

So we're in the process of carpeting the stairs and landing and we're looking for a natural carpet, Sisal, seagrass, 100% wool etc.

There's a local carpet place that does flooring from http://www.alternativeflooring.com so we've got lots of samples from them. Would the stuff from http://www.allfloorsexpress.co.uk be comparable?

RoboCod · 26 Jan 2016 at 17:11

Perhaps daft questions, but never ordered carpet.

I'm carpeting an L shaped room so I assume I'd have to measure it as if that L was squared off and accept the wastage?

How much extra (size) should I add to my order overall so that the fitter has enough to play with? (for example, would am extra 300mm be usual when ordering? Or more/less?

LeeUK · 26 Jan 2016 at 18:54

You'll have to square it off unless you want joins in your carpet. Not sure about extra but you usually buy by the metre and round up.

Bickaxe · 26 Jan 2016 at 19:05

Depends on where its ordered from. Some places can cut it to the size you need so allow at least 10cm in each direction to allow for it shrinking.

You can either order it as a large square and cut off the bit you don't need or order it as a length and join them together.
Some fitters can do joins really well, some can't (and those that can't can be reluctant to pay for more carpet after they've screwed it up).

Gilly · 26 Jan 2016 at 21:14

So the consensus is avoid Carpetright. I assume it's still best to go to them to view and then buy online?

LeeUK · 26 Jan 2016 at 21:22

Take your measurements to Franks, Storeys, etc and play them off against price. They all sell the same carpets just different names to them. It might be best to get them or your fitter to measure your rooms before you actually buy the carpet to be 100% sure if you're not confident.

Gilly · 26 Jan 2016 at 21:35

Are they southern only? I've never heard of them.

LeeUK · 26 Jan 2016 at 21:53

Franks and Storeys are both in the Deep North.

Hedge · 26 Jan 2016 at 23:42

Gilly said:
So the consensus is avoid Carpetright. I assume it's still best to go to them to view and then buy online?

Id say at the very least buy underlay online.

We got a decent end of roll carpet for bedroom for £80 from carpet right. They didn't even try and hard sells on us which surprised me.

They are fine for getting a look and feel of things, then maybe do a bit of online scouting afterwards.

Shops make big bucks on underlay from what I gather.

Mat · 27 Jan 2016 at 11:26

I presume the measurements for the room would be wall to wall rather than skirting to skirting (the carpet lies below the skirting board)?

LeeUK · 27 Jan 2016 at 11:40

Mat said:
I presume the measurements for the room would be wall to wall rather than skirting to skirting (the carpet lies below the skirting board)?

You need to measure into the doorways.

robj20 · 27 Jan 2016 at 12:11

Mat said:
I presume the measurements for the room would be wall to wall rather than skirting to skirting (the carpet lies below the skirting board)?

Below skirting looks nice enough but its a pain when it comes time to change carpets, or if you have suspended floors.

RoboCod · 15 Feb 2016 at 19:37

Guys, can anyone tell me how to find the carpet I saw in carpet right? It's called Sandringham, in 'Beige32'. I can't see this on the websites mentioned above.

Skiddley · 16 Feb 2016 at 14:13

We ordered a carpet from a highstreet provider Dec '14. Arrived with a fault. 2 weeks later, replacement was fitted, but after a few months it became apparent that faults were present in that too.

Today, a replacement arrived (I left it a year as we had work in the house ongoing). They chopped up the old carpet, rolled out replacement....guess what. Fault.

Losing the will to live now. Is it really that hard?

robj20 · 16 Feb 2016 at 14:32

No, don't use a high street trader.

Azza · 16 Feb 2016 at 14:38

Does anyone know a decent carpet fitter around Solihull / Moseley?

The local indie shop we were looking at getting everything from is charging a silly amount for fitting.

NoNameNoNumber · 16 Feb 2016 at 16:20

56m^2 of decent Saxony carpet, bleach able 10 year warranty etc. Fully fitted with 8mm underlay including doorbars for £1370 sound good?

£24.50/m all in.

RoboCod · 22 Feb 2016 at 08:16

I'm reading that the 11mm underlay can be too thick. Does anyone have any good experience with 9mm?

I have my eye on this carpenters powerstep foam underlay at 9mm

robj20 · 22 Feb 2016 at 12:02

Why would it be too thick, only thing i can think of is doors, but there easy enough to plane down.

panthro · 22 Feb 2016 at 12:30

We're currently looking at carpet for the house. Decided to go 100% wool as all the polypropylene carpet whilst softer feeling, wears down after time especially on stairs and general walkways. If you buy a nice double loop 100% wool carpet it will last a lot longer and the outlay isn't that much more ~£20-25 sqm.