paulr

What sort of price are we looking at for a wool carpet. I have been quoted £30/ metre all inclusive. It's for a bedroom and box room/ home office.

Any thoughts.

Graz

Sounds a lot. We just had our living room done and it was around £15 / m2 but that was for a deep pile fully synthetic (polypropylene) carpet. The fact it was bleach cleanable was the main draw for us with two kids likely to spill allsorts on it. Underlay, grippers, etc. was extra.

paulr

Yes, the issue with wool is its meant to be hard to clean.

What about joining. The box room i can get a cheap offcut for £90, but it will need a join.

fergal69

What about laminate? Cheap & easy to fit yourself. Also easy to clean.

Graz

Also looks cheap, not nice underfoot, and noisy if not on the ground floor.

tarmac terror

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Wool carries every disavantage that you can think of when it comes to carpet.

Hard to clean, can shrink when deep cleaned, the pile "lies down" on the areas of footfall, it fades, it is not resistent to chemicals or spillages etc etc.

At £30 per m2 you will be looking at wool blend carpets.

Man-made fibre carpets have improved greatly over the last decade, and have none of the characteristics described above. Buying a dense man made fibre carpet looks as good as a wool carpet, but without the drawbacks, put down with a good quality underlay it is a top job it is neither cheap on the wallet nor does it look cheap. Only carpet in my house is one the stairs, it is down 3 years and still looks great.

paulr

Thanks.

RobsyUK

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Your all wrong. Wool is the best carpet in the world for bedrooms... Why - if you have seven men around your wife none will get carpet burns lololololo