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Can anyone recommend a carpet underlay on a budget to minimise noisy squeaky floorboards in a childs bedroom?
I'm looking at this in 12mm:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8mm-10mm-12mm-Thick-PU-...
I'll lay the underlay and grips myself and get Tapi carpets for the carpet and pay their fitter 50 quid to fit.
I'm looking at this in 12mm:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8mm-10mm-12mm-Thick-PU-...
I'll lay the underlay and grips myself and get Tapi carpets for the carpet and pay their fitter 50 quid to fit.
No_Idea said:
Can anyone recommend a carpet underlay on a budget to minimise noisy squeaky floorboards in a childs bedroom?
I'm looking at this in 12mm:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8mm-10mm-12mm-Thick-PU-...
I'll lay the underlay and grips myself and get Tapi carpets for the carpet and pay their fitter 50 quid to fit.
Personally I always use Cloud 9 11mm.I'm looking at this in 12mm:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8mm-10mm-12mm-Thick-PU-...
I'll lay the underlay and grips myself and get Tapi carpets for the carpet and pay their fitter 50 quid to fit.
Underlay isn't really going to help squeaky floorboards though.
No_Idea said:
I've used the purple 12mm for a rental. Laid it out and stapled it down easy enough. Been fine for a couple of years. When the tenants left, there were no indents from their furniture.I've fitted the last few rooms worth off carpets here.
It was reasonably easy, I'm nothing like as quick as a pro, but it is easier timing wise in that you don't have to book holiday for a weekday fitting.
Gripper and underlay are much cheaper online. And we usually do a curcuit of the shops till we find something we like. End of rolls don't usually work out any cheaper unless they have the exact size you want.
It was reasonably easy, I'm nothing like as quick as a pro, but it is easier timing wise in that you don't have to book holiday for a weekday fitting.
Gripper and underlay are much cheaper online. And we usually do a curcuit of the shops till we find something we like. End of rolls don't usually work out any cheaper unless they have the exact size you want.
Trustmeimadoctor said:
Tapi are usually horrendously overpriced
Tapi is just Carpet World or somesuch gone bankrupt and started up again.No_Idea said:
Can anyone recommend a carpet underlay on a budget to minimise noisy squeaky floorboards in a childs bedroom?
Screw the boards down.LeadFarmer said:
When fitting your own grippers, is there a specific gap size required between the gripper and the skirting, for tucking the carpet into, or is no gap needed?
The gap is proportional to the thickness of the carpet. I managed to work that out and I'm not a carpet fitter!Trustmeimadoctor said:
Our wool carpet didn't last brilliantly especially when the cats sick on it and people spill stuff. I'd rather replace them at 5 years for the cost
Really? I’ve had mine down 12 years, it’s had puppy poo on it, puppy pee, dog sick ... bit of a pattern there! A full bottle of red wine spilt on it, I’ll blame the dog for that too.
It’s a very light coloured carpet and has needed a bit of help with Vanish carpet cleaner but after a few vacuums it generally comes up like new. There have been stains I thought would never, ever disappear and it’s like the wool just soaks it all up.Catz said:
Trustmeimadoctor said:
Our wool carpet didn't last brilliantly especially when the cats sick on it and people spill stuff. I'd rather replace them at 5 years for the cost
Really? I’ve had mine down 12 years, it’s had puppy poo on it, puppy pee, dog sick ... bit of a pattern there! A full bottle of red wine spilt on it, I’ll blame the dog for that too.
It’s a very light coloured carpet and has needed a bit of help with Vanish carpet cleaner but after a few vacuums it generally comes up like new. There have been stains I thought would never, ever disappear and it’s like the wool just soaks it all up.Professional carpet cleaning will get pretty much all crud out of it.
I had Tapi carpets come and measure up my house a week or so ago.
The whole ground floor will be luxury vinyl, with 4 bedrooms upstairs carpeted.
The carpet we want is about £35sq m, and my basic calculations suggest I have around 60sq m in the 4 bedrooms.
The quote they sent me suddenly shot up to about £65 sq m! I am going to call them at some point to get them to explain how it has got so expensive when the carpet itself is £35, but it does seem like buying the carpet, underlay etc myself and simply having someone fit it would be a much more cost effective way to do it!
The whole ground floor will be luxury vinyl, with 4 bedrooms upstairs carpeted.
The carpet we want is about £35sq m, and my basic calculations suggest I have around 60sq m in the 4 bedrooms.
The quote they sent me suddenly shot up to about £65 sq m! I am going to call them at some point to get them to explain how it has got so expensive when the carpet itself is £35, but it does seem like buying the carpet, underlay etc myself and simply having someone fit it would be a much more cost effective way to do it!
UTH said:
I had Tapi carpets come and measure up my house a week or so ago.
The whole ground floor will be luxury vinyl, with 4 bedrooms upstairs carpeted.
The carpet we want is about £35sq m, and my basic calculations suggest I have around 60sq m in the 4 bedrooms.
The quote they sent me suddenly shot up to about £65 sq m! I am going to call them at some point to get them to explain how it has got so expensive when the carpet itself is £35, but it does seem like buying the carpet, underlay etc myself and simply having someone fit it would be a much more cost effective way to do it!
Seems like even if they're The whole ground floor will be luxury vinyl, with 4 bedrooms upstairs carpeted.
The carpet we want is about £35sq m, and my basic calculations suggest I have around 60sq m in the 4 bedrooms.
The quote they sent me suddenly shot up to about £65 sq m! I am going to call them at some point to get them to explain how it has got so expensive when the carpet itself is £35, but it does seem like buying the carpet, underlay etc myself and simply having someone fit it would be a much more cost effective way to do it!
TimmyMallett said:
UTH said:
I had Tapi carpets come and measure up my house a week or so ago.
The whole ground floor will be luxury vinyl, with 4 bedrooms upstairs carpeted.
The carpet we want is about £35sq m, and my basic calculations suggest I have around 60sq m in the 4 bedrooms.
The quote they sent me suddenly shot up to about £65 sq m! I am going to call them at some point to get them to explain how it has got so expensive when the carpet itself is £35, but it does seem like buying the carpet, underlay etc myself and simply having someone fit it would be a much more cost effective way to do it!
Seems like even if they're The whole ground floor will be luxury vinyl, with 4 bedrooms upstairs carpeted.
The carpet we want is about £35sq m, and my basic calculations suggest I have around 60sq m in the 4 bedrooms.
The quote they sent me suddenly shot up to about £65 sq m! I am going to call them at some point to get them to explain how it has got so expensive when the carpet itself is £35, but it does seem like buying the carpet, underlay etc myself and simply having someone fit it would be a much more cost effective way to do it!
Oh, and ANOTHER thing I didn't mention, their quote was based on the grippers currently there holding the current carpet being left and re-used!
I've had someone else come round and measure up, so I'm waiting to see what he thinks he can do in terms of cost, hopefully it'll be a fair whack cheaper and I can just go with him. I might still call Tapi anyway and see what they say when I put it to them that the cost really does seem to be a lot higher than I would have thought.
UTH said:
I should have mentioned, they put fitting as an extra cost outside of the above, and it was reasonable at about £275, but that then makes the jump from £35sq m to £65sq m even more confusing, as that isn't actually including a fitting cost.
Oh, and ANOTHER thing I didn't mention, their quote was based on the grippers currently there holding the current carpet being left and re-used!
I've had someone else come round and measure up, so I'm waiting to see what he thinks he can do in terms of cost, hopefully it'll be a fair whack cheaper and I can just go with him. I might still call Tapi anyway and see what they say when I put it to them that the cost really does seem to be a lot higher than I would have thought.
Anywhere that doesn't give me transparency on costs gets no money from me. I'm happy to pay for a good job though. Ask them to clarify why that increase of £30 a sqm is made of? Some will be underlay obs but really good stuff is only £5/6 a m.Oh, and ANOTHER thing I didn't mention, their quote was based on the grippers currently there holding the current carpet being left and re-used!
I've had someone else come round and measure up, so I'm waiting to see what he thinks he can do in terms of cost, hopefully it'll be a fair whack cheaper and I can just go with him. I might still call Tapi anyway and see what they say when I put it to them that the cost really does seem to be a lot higher than I would have thought.
Google suggests door bars and gripper are peanuts (£5 a door bar and £50 for 150m of decent gripper)
Trustmeimadoctor said:
Great service from these guys for the last few Ive bought https://www.onlinecarpets.co.uk/
When I say I've 'googled something', so far I've just used them, so that's a good start 
TimmyMallett said:
Anywhere that doesn't give me transparency on costs gets no money from me. I'm happy to pay for a good job though. Ask them to clarify why that increase of £30 a sqm is made of? Some will be underlay obs but really good stuff is only £5/6 a m.
Google suggests door bars and gripper are peanuts (£5 a door bar and £50 for 150m of decent gripper)
Yeah exactly what I thought, buying that stuff myself would cost very little, so again can't justify the jump in costs hereGoogle suggests door bars and gripper are peanuts (£5 a door bar and £50 for 150m of decent gripper)
The quote doesn't really break down the amounts of carpet required per room either, they've just put 5m or 4m against a room. So that's pretty vague isn't it.
Anyway, no rush, we're a long way off the point of installing carpets, but it's a bit frustrating that you can't just trust a quote to come through as the best price you're going to get without questioning it etc
UTH said:
Yeah exactly what I thought, buying that stuff myself would cost very little, so again can't justify the jump in costs here
The quote doesn't really break down the amounts of carpet required per room either, they've just put 5m or 4m against a room. So that's pretty vague isn't it.
It is, but it all dependent on the most efficient use of a 4 or 5m roll and the total length they estimate. Bottom line is that any place you go to, you'll need to get someone to measure up for you and they calculate the requirement in total that includes wastage. I'd definitely get 3 quotes in first to see what meterage they all claim you'll need and see how that varies.The quote doesn't really break down the amounts of carpet required per room either, they've just put 5m or 4m against a room. So that's pretty vague isn't it.
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