How much should I pay for a new carpet?

stebiz

DRP wrote: »

hygienic in what sense?

I wouldn't eat my dinner off either of them....

but both can be cleaned as to make no difference in a normal domestic context.

I think you're wrong there. Carpets harbor muck and dust. Laminate can be cleaned and yes I would eat my dinner off it once cleaned - not off a carpet.

john-306

I do like carpet, but have got wooden flooring in some rooms but with painted plaster walls and wood flooring it is very stark and echo sound to it.

Pammieh

hi
Thanks all - especially Cattie - that will give us a place to start looking.

On the wider issue - I'm with John-306. We do have tiles/wooden in kitchen, dining room, conservatory, bathroom but it can seem a bit stark and I like a cosy lounge (also I don't like following 'fashion' which wood seems to be at the moment!). As for hygenic - I can't imagine! - why would you want to eat off the floor ... but also isn't there discussion now about whether all these germ killing/anti-bac products mean we encounter germs less so we don't build up a resistance to them (which we need so we have a healthy immune system?) It's not like back in the 70/80s when people carpeted toilets - now that really was unhygenic - especially when you pulled up someone else's old carpet- yurrgh! But as my mum used to say, "you've got to eat a peck of muck before you die" (a peck being a quarter of a bushel - no I don't understand that either!)

Many thanks again

stebiz

Pammieh wrote: »

hi
Thanks all - especially Cattie - that will give us a place to start looking.

On the wider issue - I'm with John-306. We do have tiles/wooden in kitchen, dining room, conservatory, bathroom but it can seem a bit stark and I like a cosy lounge (also I don't like following 'fashion' which wood seems to be at the moment!). As for hygenic - I can't imagine! - why would you want to eat off the floor ... but also isn't there discussion now about whether all these germ killing/anti-bac products mean we encounter germs less so we don't build up a resistance to them (which we need so we have a healthy immune system?) It's not like back in the 70/80s when people carpeted toilets - now that really was unhygenic - especially when you pulled up someone else's old carpet- yurrgh! But as my mum used to say, "you've got to eat a peck of muck before you die" (a peck being a quarter of a bushel - no I don't understand that either!)

Many thanks again

I was joking about eating off the floor.But did you know the average carpet weighs twice as much as it did when it was laid?

adandem

wallbash wrote: »

Renaming there carpets?? Really.
Carpetright selling an Axminster that wsas NOT an Axminster ??
Like to prove that , would be against so many laws .

As I posted , compare like for like.

Actually we are looking for stair carpet atm. I phoned
Carpetright to ask if they sell 'Cormar' they told me they did but under their own brand name.

Hintza

stebiz wrote: »

I think you're wrong there. Carpets harbor muck and dust. Laminate can be cleaned and yes I would eat my dinner off it once cleaned - not off a carpet.

This obsession with cleanliness only leads to health problems when your sterile immune system comes in to contact with muck and dirt.

asharon

If you regularly lick the carpet then it should weigh less than when it first laid.

Beware fur balls though.

Paul_the_Painter

I used to sell carpet for John Lewis, and then many years later Allied. For longevity use a rubber crumb underlay, I maintain that the reason for the popularity of Cloud 9 type underlay is mostly down to the fact that it's lighter and easier for the fitter. My general advice is to use rubber crumb downstairs and on the stairs, and Cloud 9 type in the bedrooms (possibly in lounge too, as long as it's not a through way to other bits of the house).
Oh and look at my signature, I worked in an Allied store for 2 years, and the only time we didn't have a 50% off sale, was when we had a 60% off one.

gallygirl

Paul_the_Painter wrote: »

the only time we didn't have a 50% off sale, was when we had a 60% off one.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Thanks for advice on underlay, I think I know what you mean!

Paul_the_Painter

This is a link to rubber crumb underlay, when I worked at John Lewis, it was pretty much the only one we sold, over 90% was crumb rubber. http://www.tradepriced.co.uk/crumb_rubber_carpet_underlay.html

Not sure which brand we used as it was JL branded.
My advice would be if you go to JL you won't get the cheapest job, but it will be good, and good value (which is not the same as cheapest!) I would go for a JL branded 80/20 twist, you may be able to bring the job in 10-20% chapter by sourcing your own underlay and fitter, and finding a supplier for the carpet, but the hassle factor is large, and you don't have one person/company to point to and say "fix it"