Only freedom will do

debtfreeoneday

What a pain re the carpet.. hope you manage to disguise it a bit

Suffolk_lass

I think you need to contact the Company you bought it from, and the fitter, and get a professional repair undertaken. At this stage the carpet is so new it should not show (think new turves knitting together in the garden). You may well also be insured - check if you have accidental damage. I know it sounds like a faff but from what I read, you just know you won't be happy unless you cannot see it any more. Did you keep any off-cuts?

Don't write yourself off for DIY - these things happen to us all. Our best examples remain:

1. DH stuck the new soles of his work shoes on the oak dining room table and used too much glue but no newspaper underneath. The glue seeped out and took the finish back to bare wood - necessitating french polishing the whole table

2. We finished flooring the new nursery at our last but one house at 00.45 on Sunday night, only for me to brush the tin of enamel paint off the top of the radiator as I removed some of the tools. Yep, it burst open and spread oil-based paint over the pristine varnished cork floor (it was 25 years ago so forgive the style choice!). DH spent three hours clearing it up before bed, and then got up at 06.00 and travelled to Germany to work!

3. We fitted a replacement light fitting with GU10 bulbs on both sides to our present dining room main beam (think 6'6" ceiling in 400 year old thatched cottage). One of the old-style bulbs was left adjusted too close to the intersection beam and our Son alerted us 45 minutes later that the room was full of smoke. The beam was smoking and it took 2 hours of sponging and damping down to get the heat out of the old beam - we were convinced it was on fire inside the beam and the scotch mark remains to this day (another layer of "character"!).

I always get cross, but then get practical!

Good luck with it
SL

edinburgher

Getting new carpet fitted isn't an option at this point. I've built heavy bookcases onto the wall and it would be a day's work to remove them. Luckily it's horizontal lines, they're relatively narrow, so in less than bright light it just looks like indentations in the (deep) pile. The marks are only for about 1/3? of the pile depth, so will try sanding/giving them a wee shave with a disposable razor. Just annoyed.

Karmacat

Sympathies - that's a beggar, I'm not surprised you're annoyed.

gallygirl

Oh dear to the carpet, these things are easy done and hard to rectify

edinburgher

Thanks all, trying to be as stoical as I can about the carpet

Busy day today - friends coming round for our much delayed Hogmany/housewarming party.

• Rubbish and recycling out
• Quick trip into town to pick up a 10 week bus pass - £96.20 after parking :eek:
• Cooked 2 dinners (shin of beef stew in the PC with a little Jack Daniels), 2 weeks of lunches (wraps with beans, brown rice, peppers and onions, scrambled egg and salsa) and some slow oats for Monday
• Mrs E made chocolate and peanut butter brownies
• Dishwasher on *3* times :rotfl:
• Processed 2 big loads of laundry
• Mrs E cleaned the bathroom and dusted
• DD went to messy play

Now to hoover, buy some beer and hang a picture.

Hope everyone is having a productive weekend. Failing that, an enjoyable one? :coffee:

earthgirl

Sorry to hear about your carpet. Sounds like you have had a productive weekend already! Hope your part is fun too.

Knit_Witch

Dr Witch recommends a rug in front of the bookcase

gallygirl

edinburgher wrote: »

Now to hoover, buy some beer and hang a picture.

Watch out for the water pipes :eek::eek::eek:

edinburgher

gallygirl wrote: »

Watch out for the water pipes :eek::eek::eek:

Already did that..