DIYbanter - View Single Post - Carpet roll end: transporting in small car

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
wrote:

I'm moving into a new house soon and will be looking to buy a new
carpet for one of the rooms.
I'll probably buy from one of the "sheds" (CarpetWorld etc.) but am
thinking of arranging delivery and fitting myself.

Is it possible to transport a piece of roll carpet, say 4m x 4m 50/50
wool twist for the sake of argument, in the back of a small
Fiesta-sized hatchback?

Would such a carpet roll fold over OK to fit in the back?

Definitely not! You'll wreck it if you fold it double and then roll it. It
needs to be rolled round a stiff cardboard tube 4 metres long and about 15cm
in diameter. The only way to transport it in a small car is on roof bars -
and even that isn't very satisfactory. Can't you have it delivered?

And how much would such a piece of carpet weigh?

Quite a lot!

Is it a two-man job to load and unload it?

Yes.

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