New Carpet

mattyg

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I know there was a Carpet thread a while back but that may be well out of date now so.

I'm after some carpet advice.

We had a nice feeling AW carpet a couple of years ago. Now admittedly we've been renovating but its trashed its weave looks matted and the shine had gone and it's flattened.

I really don't think a good clean will do it. (we've cleaned it several times and its only got marginally better)

So any Advice on "Better" carpet. For when we are finished renovating (Christmas hopefully as we have 24 coming for the day)

If it costs £40-50 Sqm then so be it.
 
What room will it be for?
Do you have cats/dogs/lions/kids?

Top end you are looking at 50oz but i would only put that in a bedroom (and have done with some Cloud 9 11mm...don't really need the bed).
Otherwise you are looking at about £25 psm for hall/stairs/landing, diner or lounge as they cope with regular traffic better.

Hard flooring is a better alternative downstairs.
 
Try and find a good local retailer, the big shed places on retail parks are overpriced and often complete garbage. You are paying for the giant showroom and the army of salespeople.
 
Bickaxe said:
What room will it be for?
Do you have cats/dogs/lions/kids?

Top end you are looking at 50oz but i would only put that in a bedroom (and have done with some Cloud 9 11mm...don't really need the bed).
Otherwise you are looking at about £25 psm for hall/stairs/landing, diner or lounge as they cope with regular traffic better.

Hard flooring is a better alternative downstairs.
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peterwalkley said:
Try and find a good local retailer, the big shed places on retail parks are overpriced and often complete garbage. You are paying for the giant showroom and the army of salespeople.
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Its for the TV room, Dining room, Formal lounge, Stairs (runner) Landing and bedrooms. Were tiling the hall and Kitchen.

We had some AW
Sophistication Carpet
Pewter 90

Which when first laid was lovely. but it didn't last long. Admittedly it probably got trashed because of all the dust in the house whilst doing the renovation. But we also noticed the pile had flattened pretty quick too.

Were torn between going cheap'sh <£20 sqm and changing when trends change or spend twice as much and get a better quality carpet.


 
Yep go to some local carpet places, feel the carpets, see the colours in person and then take whichever carpet books you like home to see how the colours look there.

I recently bought carpet for a lounge and two bedrooms. I wanted something that was quite dense and firm. I also wanted it to be easy to clean. I decided on a man made carpet, Primo Plus by Cormar in Cloudy Bay. RRP is £20 sqm.
 
Whereabouts are you? I used a local retailer once for some berber loop wool carpet. It cost a flipping fortune, and then I found via recommendation from my plumber, a one man band who came over to the house with a book of samples. We chose an almost identical carpet for a bigger room and it came in at £100 cheaper, that was with 10mm underlay, gripper and removal of the old carpet.
 
Don't bother until after the 24 Christmas guests leave! Invest in good underlay.
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pepp77 said:
Saxony, twisted, loop?
Pile depth?
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Thats what I was kinda asking. We like a deep pile, But that flattens too quick. So do we go for a shorter pile or a dense long pile. We had a AW sophistication Pewter 90. That felt lovely at first but got trashed.
 
That was our first choice but the carpet shop said that wouldn't stand up too well. Maybe for a bedroom but not living areas.

Its very very nice to touch though.
 
I think you most likely want a good loop carpet for the hallway and stair areas - ie high traffic. Then something saxony for the bedrooms for the nice feel under bare feet.
 
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