al wrote:

Just been down to Paul Simon's to check out the sales as we need some new
carpets. Not replaced ours before so a little out of my depth. Do the
following prices seem good and the materials sensible for the application:

Underlay - ｣7.99 /m2
Fitting - ｣3.00 /m2

Expensive...

Just ordered some from http://www.discounted-carpet-underlay.co.uk/
paid 3.59/sq m for Clound 9 Cirrus underlay. Last time I had a carpet
fitted IIRC, the price was something like 30 per room, or 45 for stairs
(i.e. flat rate not per sq meter).

Bedroom is 7.5 m2
Lounge is 34.5 m2
Hall is 5.2 m2
Landing is 1.7 m2
Stairs join them ...

Based on his 65 m2 and taking the living room as 35 m2, he reckoned on ｣1500
total for a wool carpet in the living room and a nylon, tufted, woven backed
carpet for the rest with medium quality underlay and some spike strips (as
the stairs and landing are currently not carpeted). The nylon carpets are
at 75% off currently (｣5.97 /m2) and the wool ones varied quite a bit, but
were more expensive (I think ｣10 /m2 for the standard ones, but some really
expensive ones (about ｣40 /m2 originally) were down to about ｣20 /m2 and the
quote was based on them).

How does this all sound? Any help appreciated )

That is much harder to call unless you know exactly what you are getting
and are hence able to compare like for like.



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Cheers,

John.

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