Lloyd90 Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 Anyone have a rough idea of coatings for new carpet in House? Looking at around 85m2 for all bedrooms and living room - this isn’t including 2 landing and 2 stairways with curves. Hoping current underlay etc can be used? If not be useful to consider costs of this as well plus fitting costs? Your wisdom as always is is much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon Shredder. Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 Gave up on carpets, whole house now Quick-Step covered except for the stairs and landing. Gets wiped over after grandchildren have used most areas and have deposited food, and is so easy to keep clean unlike carpets. Price came out cheaper than carpets as it was a bulk buy and l fitted it all myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wb123 Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 A thread on this came up a while back that may be worth digging up. I used to live with a carpet fitter who last time i spoke to him was doing a small 3 bed terrace at a fixed price of £400 including dirt cheap carpet and underlay. His work was aimed at landlords wanting cheap redos in east yorkshire every 3 years. That seems to be the absolute cheapest end of things, and he would want a few houses booked at once for that. He was happy to work as a one man job and undercut the competition that way, most of his competitors were trying to pay 2-3 sets of wages fitting as a team. He also did occasional work on £25-40 per room to simply turn up and fit/relay carpets if the customer was supplying all materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 37 minutes ago, Pigeon Shredder. said: Gave up on carpets, whole house now Quick-Step covered except for the stairs and landing. Gets wiped over after grandchildren have used most areas and have deposited food, and is so easy to keep clean unlike carpets. Price came out cheaper than carpets as it was a bulk buy and l fitted it all myself. similarly but no grandkids but visitors and dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 we paid about £200 last year new underlay decent carpet the room is approx. 11 * 11ft, new underlay makes a big difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted November 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 46 minutes ago, Mice! said: we paid about £200 last year new underlay decent carpet the room is approx. 11 * 11ft, new underlay makes a big difference. To cost or quality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 I'll say both, daughters room had old underlay before and a cheap carpet I put down, this time best underlay and quality carpet fitted, room is warmer and you can tell the difference, get what you pay for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Buy the best underlay and then any carpet you like. You’ll change the carpets, but a decent underlay can stay down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Lloyd Happy to recommend The Bristol Carpet Manufacturing Co, Chapel Lane, Bristol. Worth a visit. Massive warehouse and wide selection both in quality and cost. Having had a loft conversion they did the loft (23 ft X 12ft), stairs thereto, and two bedrooms. Even happy to relay existing hall carpet and stairs which we took up during conversion work. More than happy. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) Few months back we had some carpet laid, going by our quote and your figure 85m^2, Underlay 10mm-12mm foam, around £200-£250 Carpet Gripper, around £25 Carpet anything from £2.99 square metre, all depends on what you want. To give you some idea, our front bedroom medium quality carpet £12 per 1m^2 and 12mm foam underlay, fitted £309, size of room 3.5 x 3.8 metre, roughly 14 square metre, but that price includes waste. Go for good quality foam underlay 10-12mm thick, it will help protect the carpet, helps with insulation, and it feels nice to walk on, don’t go for the underlay that looks like the inside of an egg box, its rubbish and breaks-up. Edited November 23, 2017 by old'un Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted November 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 6 hours ago, old'un said: Few months back we had some carpet laid, going by our quote and your figure 85m^2, Underlay 10mm-12mm foam, around £200-£250 Carpet Gripper, around £25 Carpet anything from £2.99 square metre, all depends on what you want. To give you some idea, our front bedroom medium quality carpet £12 per 1m^2 and 12mm foam underlay, fitted £309, size of room 3.5 x 3.8 metre, roughly 14 square metre, but that price includes waste. Go for good quality foam underlay 10-12mm thick, it will help protect the carpet, helps with insulation, and it feels nice to walk on, don’t go for the underlay that looks like the inside of an egg box, its rubbish and breaks-up. Thanks mate that’s helpful to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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