Carpet Tiles v Carpet

mrstinchcombe

I have a 3m x 3m bedroom which I will be letting out to a lodger in a few weeks, first time I've had a lodger and I need to decorate the room before he moves in, which will include a new carpet.

The thing I can't decide now is whether to get a carpet or go with carpet tiles.

With carpet the finish is obviously better but due to an average size car and little confidence and ability in DIY I would have to get the carpet delivered and fitted which of course isn't cheap. Timescales in getting fitting arranged makes this difficult too.

Tiles on the other hand are very cheap, easy to fit but the drawback being the obvious joins, however I would minimise this by either rotating every other tile or using different tiles to chequered them so it wouldn't notice so much. Also there will be so little floor visible from the room furniture it shouldnt be an issue.

So guess my question is are tiles in the bedroom so bad? Are there going to b any problems i havent considered?

ic

I had carpet tiles when I was living with my parents, had no trouble with them. They do reveal any unevenness in the floor underneath, and they were a bit hard underfoot, but otherwise were fine. I laid them for the same reason - they were cheap!

andrew-b

If you have a look in B&Q they do some "supertwist" carpet tiles that are fairly cheap in a range of colours They have a long pile to them so the joins are probably less likely to show and be a bit softer underfoot. We were considering them for bathroom floor. Fairly simple to cut but pick up their leaflet in store and it give the basics of how to lay and how to cut the edges and around corners etc. With carpet you've got the added expense of gripper rods and underlay to consider. As others have said buy a few extras for spares.