carpet

Hi all So ive done loads of research after discovering I could have asbestos tiles under our carpet throughout downstairs. We are awaiting test results. At this point I'm not naive about it nor fearful of it. Ive decided if its confirmed as asbestos that Ill encapsulate it and be done with it...

Hi All, I'm looking at ordering a high quality 80/20 close knit carpet but I can't help but feel the softness of the carpet doesn't compare with the some of the higher piled carpets. I've heard that the higher piled carpets will just flatten if used in high traffic ares. What type of underlay...

Hey all, I pulled off my carpet rather harshly without thinking I was putting it back. The edges look a little tatty. Just wondering if you think this is still ok to re-use? Also I carefully levered out my gripper. Most of it looks fine to me though some look a bit bad as in the little grip...

Hello, I'm new here and a total amateur so please forgive anything daft I say below! We had a very well rated carpet installer fit our landing and stairs with carpet last week, we purchased the carpet for a local carpet shop for him to fit and he provided everything else (underlay, vinyl etc)...

hello, I took out a carpet with the intention to put it back. Something I found strange is some of the skirting doesn't have a gap between it and the floorboard. My question is does the skirting necessarily need a gap to install the carpet past the wood gripper strip? Cheers

Hello, We are refurbishing our flat and need carpets for four bedrooms and a corridor, all on the same level, (60sqm net total area, about 75sqm if you take rectangles surrounding all rooms, about 85 sqm if you account for wastage based on carpet roll width of 4 or 5m). Before we started...

Hi, I recently had a leak in a artex ceiling that came back positive for asbestos. 2 years previous we did a lot of work on the house. Before the new carpet was installed we took the old carpet and underlay up. Since my concern over asbestos i have read that some hessian underlay contained...

About a year ago I had a leak in the bathroom - this seeped through to the bedroom next door and caused mould under stacked boxes and behind the wardrobe. The leak was fixed, the carpet pulled up and concrete dried; a new carpet was laid. The carpet fitter assured me that the concrete was dry...

So I have a very creaky set of floorboards. My plan is to take carpets up, remove nails, screw down (avoiding plumbing electric etc), lay 3.2mm hardboard (aware of wetting, etc), nail down with 20mm ring nails and put the carpet back down. My questions are about the edges and the thresholds...

I had always intended laying hardboard over the floorboards prior to getting my landing carpeted. The floorboards are in pretty good shape but I will run a plane over them to take out any high spots. My question is, is there any advantage to laying hardboard if I am going to have a good quality...

I have had a loft conversion with bi-fold doors put in. Between the builder and the door supplier, the gap between the bottom of the doors and chipboard floor is 10mm. There's finger pointing going on with both sides saying they did their bit right. So assuming it's not going to get sorted, I...

Hi, Long term renter here who has just purchased his first house - hence completely useless and clueless when it comes to home improvement of any kind so would appreciate some advice! I have recently moved into a 1973 5 bed detached house in West Yorkshire. We knew that the boiler was on the...

I foolishly damaged a 3x4 area of my wall to wall carpet in my living room by washing it repeatedly and not letting it dry before I put a chair mat on it. I now think there is mould growing and various treatments I tried have not reduced the smell. There is some leftover carpet that I found...