fitting our own carpets?

wallbash

The lesson from my 'Charm' School was in direct response to post #10

Ps if you can hang a heavy front door , carpet fitting would be a doddle.

I will maintain , people are not 'having a go' . It will be a much poorer place if the art of DIY dies .

ess0two

Could always call wallbash to fit carpets,he's a diy superhero:beer:

missesther

My dad and I fitted a carpet on our own in a bedroom. Looked just as good as the professional fitted one in the hallway and didn't cost us a penny My dad's mantra is always "measure twice, cut once" and we were fine. It was fiddly too as he'd installed fitted wardrobes and desk and we had to cut all around that. Lasted years

Stooby2

I've done a carpet in a small box room and whilst not the hardest job to do, convinced me that anything more complicated than a small square room would be well worth getting a fitter in and I always have done ever since.

skivenov

Leif wrote: »

I've done quite a lot of jobs on my house including hanging doors, and tiling a floor, as it is so hard to get good trades. Some jobs I don't do, including plastering and carpets.

Totally agreed on that. I helped a carpet fitter out on a job many years back and by the end of it, I was knackered and my knees were in bits.

I like to think I can turn my hand to anything. I've replaced roofs, tiled bathrooms, built walls, replaced engines, rebuilt power tools, sewn jackets, but there's three things I'll never touch again:

Plastering
Plumbing
Laying carpets

Leif

skivenov wrote: »

Totally agreed on that. I helped a carpet fitter out on a job many years back and by the end of it, I was knackered and my knees were in bits.

I had a chat with my neighbour, a retired upholsterer, and he has fitted carpets, but he won't do it because as you say, it does his knees in.

Mojisola

missesther wrote: »

My dad and I fitted a carpet on our own in a bedroom. Looked just as good as the professional fitted one in the hallway and didn't cost us a penny My dad's mantra is always "measure twice, cut once" and we were fine. It was fiddly too as he'd installed fitted wardrobes and desk and we had to cut all around that. Lasted years

It's not just the measuring and cutting - if you don't stretch the carpet enough it can ruck up with walking on it or when chairs are moved about.

plumb1_2

phill99 wrote: »

Just don't do it. The cost of a pro for both rooms I probably £50 to £60. It'll take them about 20 min. Room and your cheap carpet will look good.

It's one if the hardest things to DIY. And if you damage the carpet or o. 'Cut short' you are scuppered.

Totally agree, the cost of paying a pro to do it, is not much ,is it worth the risk of ruining the new carpet.
A good fitter will make a cheap carpet look good/ok, a bad fitter(diy) can make a good carpet look bad.
Some carpets cant just be laid away round, it depends on the backing and weaving .

missesther

Mojisola wrote: »

It's not just the measuring and cutting - if you don't stretch the carpet enough it can ruck up with walking on it or when chairs are moved about.

I know we wouldn't have done it if it was a high traffic area but as it was a bedroom it was a job well done. My dad is pretty good at that sort of thing though, has saved me a fortune in work in my house.

Sakirjaman

moneyshoe wrote: »

We're buying a house right at the top of our budget and there isn't going to be much left over for furnishings etc.

Will need to have a look at the upstairs carpets but I remember two had been very badly damaged by cats, the other two will need one of those fancy cleaning things but we may be able to rescue them. Our long term goal will be to have all the floors sanded but I want to have this done professionally (have DIY'd it once and the result was nowhere near as good) so it's not going to happen for a while. I've been looking online at cheap carpets and am amazed at how cheap they can be. My husband is a stay at home Dad to our two toddlers so is time rich. Can a reasonably handy man in possession of his own Stanley knife fit a carpet? (both rooms are square with no sticky out bits) or is it one of these things that is much harder to do than it seems?

if you can effort than try this. we provide professional carpet cleaning services to all kinds of customers.