Hello, We've just had this carpet fitted in a hallway - it's an 80% wool, with a fairly large grain as you can see. Overall, the appearance is a little 'unsettled' as the grain of the carpet often doesn't align with the structured of the house (which are also wonky), and it seems it was difficult to fold the carpet in places. I'd love to have some feedback on what you all think - is this as best as it can be laid, or are there options to do this better? Here are examples. Image 1a: Backing showing. The carpet isn't always flat - sometimes showing the backing when viewed from the top. Image 1b: Another view: Image 2: Bulging up. Image 3. The carpet grain doesn't align with the features of the landing. For example, here the carpet gives the impression of 'creeping' out. Image 4. On some steps, the alignment is good, but then the grain goes out of alignment Image 5. The finish here against the skirting board looks quite rough. Image 6. Next to the bannister, the carpet needs to be tagged down (I guess) - are there other solutions? Many thanks for your input! John
To me it’s not good enough. I have 2 fitters. One high end who would do it a lot better but ain’t cheap. The other is cheap and could do worst then that.
Hi @dazlight - thank you. The carpet is: Wilton Royal, Charter Berber Loop, Mustard 11, 100% Wool (not 80% as I claimed above). We paid £45 / m2. The underlay is a 9 mm underlay, which (we were advised) is the thickest that would work. I can't remember what the exact size was lets say about 15-20 m2 or so (stairs and landing), and the total came to £1,100 (just for the materials, carpet and underlay). The floor / stairs were all 'bare', i.e., there were no grippers or anything else that was reused. The fitters regularly work with the carpet supplier (a local shop). We paid £220 for the fitting. How does that sound? John
9mm underlay prefect. Price sounds ok to be fair. I’d be a bit cheaper on materials and £250 on labour for that carpet if one landing and stairs. Need a good fitter for stairs with that carpet.
Not great fitting, although the one thing I wouldn't necessarily blame the fitter for is the not being straight on the stairs, that particular carpet seems to be made like that, the pile across is at an angle and the loops are offset, so when you cut down the length you are cutting through alternate loops
Not great, blind tuck with a bar like Daz has used or even a silver/gold single would be better way to finish that. The carpet shouldnt be bulging anywhere but as already said the loop is not punched in straight across the width when manufactured so youll always struggle to see that straight
Hi @merit - could you explain that? On some steps the "grain" aligned very well (top part of the stairs) but towards the bottom of the stairs, it does not.
The loops in the carpet dont always run across 90 degrees to the loops down the side. Have you got a off cut of the carpet? If so you can put a square over it to check. If the backing is soft you can sometimes manipulate the carpet to look straight across the nose of the step but not all carpets are soft enough to allow that.
Thanks @merit - super helpful. I've got cutoffs, and I've checked - the loops run at right angles. So at least it's not to do with the choice of carpet. Though, given the nature of the house (i.e., not a new build and generally a bit wonky) we should have maybe picked a carpet with less obvious loops.
Hey John, Next time, when using this style of carpet, it would be best too have the edges whipped/binded. We can organise this for you via our in-house carpet edging service. Just contact 01935 412860 and speak to Joanne. Thanks, Steve
