Carpets and underlay DIY

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Hi all

Where's the best / cheapest place online to get carpet and underlay for a DIY fitting?

Redoing a bedroom and fancy trying it myself.

Thanks.
 
People were only talking about this the other day.

Carpet underlay costs

i need to replace my living room carpet due to an accident fish tank related the stuff what was down cost about £10 per square meter in 2011. 8mm under lay i have needs to come up too. I'm pricing carpets up on-line of the same price £154.36 for the carpet £171.44 for 10 mm under lay. wtf...
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I got mine from onlinecarpets.co.uk for both the carpet and cloud 9 underlay. Came quickly and I managed to fit it in the living room in a few hours.

Electric staple gun was a huge helper with the underlay
 
Is there a benefit to fixing it down? I did my sons room but the underlay is loose, however one length has his bed on and the other a heavy cupboard so it's not going anywhere.
 
theone8181 said:
Is there a benefit to fixing it down? I did my sons room but the underlay is loose, however one length has his bed on and the other a heavy cupboard so it's not going anywhere.
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I think it’s generally stapled or glued to stop movement. Probably fine in most cases but I think there is a possibility of lumps/bumps if the underlay does manage to move
 
Just got 15 sq m of 12mm PU underlay via Amazon for £55 delivered. Bargain vs. the branded ones.

It's only a guest bedroom so shouldn't be an issue. Infrequent traffic etc.

Going to glue and staple it since I already have that.
 
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Participant said:
Thanks yes I'd already ordered a VonHaus kicker and bolster from Amazon.

Didn't get a special hooked knife though, was hoping a normal Stanley knife would work?
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I used a normal blade for mine last time. Worked fine but I did it really slow not to bigger it up. I’ll be doing the bedroom soon and think I might order some hook blades this time. You can buy the blades that fit in a standard Stanley knife
 
vail3r said:
I used a normal blade for mine last time. Worked fine but I did it really slow not to bigger it up. I’ll be doing the bedroom soon and think I might order some hook blades this time. You can buy the blades that fit in a standard Stanley knife
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Stanley do a knife that takes their standard blades but it's got a slightly curved handle and it's much more comfortable for cutting carpet than the normal handle. The trick seems to be at least in part to make sure you start off with a new blade and be prepared to change it in relatively short order so you're always working with a good, sharp edge.
 
I did use a normally stanley knife on my underlay, but it's tough going, fairly sure it blunted the blade. On a related note, I'm adding underlay to my daughters floor next Friday, is there a way to manhandle that old black rubber underlay without it disintegrating?
 
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