Joins in carpet

[johnnyBv8]

I’m about to order a bedroom carpet. The room is 7m long and 4.07m wide into the 1.2m wide alcoves either side of a chimney breast. I can either get 4m roll and have a join, or pay an extra £200 and get a 5m roll. The carpet is an 80/20 wool twist.

Would a professional carpet fitter be able to get the joins so that they were barely visible, or should I just pay the extra?

Thanks

[Countdown]

I would say so. Our lounge is 21ft by 16ft and you can’t see the join, however it’s quite thick.

[Rough101]

I would get the 5m

The fitter I use, who used to be a neighbour has done me invisible joins, but he never recommends them.

I only do it where they are mostly covered, but I suspect he doesn’t believe me and that some carpets show joins more than others, or that they become more obvious with wear.

[dave123456]

I had a large room, 6.5 x 6.5m and had to get the fitters back as the join was visible. They improved it but it wasn’t great.

[steve2]

It is a bedroom, just get a join in the alcoves and as long as the fitter is good at his job it should be almost invisible

[tux850]

We had a join in our lounge carpet, fitted prior to us moving in. We only discovered it when the carpet was eventually replaced a many years later, and it wasn't hidden behind/under a sofa or anything - it was right in the middle of main walkthrough/dining area.

[OldPal]

I might be reading this wrong but will you still not have a join in the alcoves? If they are 1.2 wide on a 4.07 room?

Regardless get the 5m, a 7m long joint will be visible especially on a lighter colour.

[johnnyBv8]

OldPal said:

I might be reading this wrong but will you still not have a join in the alcoves? If they are 1.2 wide on a 4.07 room?

Regardless get the 5m, a 7m long joint will be visible especially on a lighter colour.

No join on the 7m…. the carpet will be rolled along the “7m long” measurement (into a bay window), so the issue is in the other dimension which is 4.07m into the alcoves either side of a big chimney breast (it’s 3.9m wide to the chimney breast), so the joins will just be in the alcoves which are 1.2m wide each side.

Edited by johnnyBv8 on Tuesday 22 April 07:25

[sunbeam alpine]

For the sake of £200 I wouldn't hesitate to go for the 5m roll, especially in a room you use every day.

[dundarach]

sunbeam alpine said:

For the sake of £200 I wouldn't hesitate to go for the 5m roll, especially in a room you use every day.

Yeah, we've a join, you'll see it!

Pay the cash!

[V8 Stang]

Just had carpets done upstairs, fitter recommended going with 4M throughout with a join in main bedroom. To save on waste. He promised me i would not see the join.

He pre joined it at his unit, in-fact pre cut all the carpets.

I had to look really really hard to find the join, if i did not know there was a join or where it was, i would never know.

Guess it comes down to how good the fitter is?

[GasEngineer]

johnnyBv8 said:

No join on the 7m…. the carpet will be rolled along the “7m long” measurement (into a bay window), so the issue is in the other dimension which is 4.07m into the alcoves either side of a big chimney breast (it’s 3.9m wide to the chimney breast), so the joins will just be in the alcoves which are 1.2m wide each side.

Edited by johnnyBv8 on Tuesday 22 April 07:25

Does that means that there will be only a 7cm strip along the back of the alcoves? Will there be any furniture in the alcoves?

Seems very extravagant to leave 7+ sq metres of carpet waste if so, just for that tiny strip.

[Jeremy-75qq8]

Get the 5m.

We have joins and you can see them but it is a loop carpet.

On a twist they will me less viable.

We had the manufacturer involved who did pay out given the issues. The loops creep on the machines and so there is not a perfect loop to loop match which makes if more visible

[119]

Carpet fitter did two of our rooms whilst we were away and said there would be a join in both.

I think he lied.

[johnnyBv8]

Ok, thanks all for your replies

[megaphone]

Avoid wool, moths love it and will eat it.

[Jeremy-75qq8]

Get the 5m.

We have joins and you can see them but it is a loop carpet.

On a twist they will me less viable.

We had the manufacturer involved who did pay out given the issues. The loops creep on the machines and so there is not a perfect loop to loop match which makes if more visible

[Slow.Patrol]

Can you not build some storage cupboards into the alcoves?

[johnnyBv8]

Slow.Patrol said:

Can you not build some storage cupboards into the alcoves?

Could do - but we don’t need or want extra cupboards (and it’d cost more than the extra carpet!).

[OldPal]

johnnyBv8 said:

No join on the 7m…. the carpet will be rolled along the “7m long” measurement (into a bay window), so the issue is in the other dimension which is 4.07m into the alcoves either side of a big chimney breast (it’s 3.9m wide to the chimney breast), so the joins will just be in the alcoves which are 1.2m wide each side.

Edited by johnnyBv8 on Tuesday 22 April 07:25

Get you now.
If it’s 2 1.2 joins I’d go for it, a competent fitter should get them invisible. I done a 7m joint last week and it was invisible even on the cheap crap I was working with