We have a fairly light carpet at Handyman Towers & have had annoying
problems with door mats not staying in place. tried everything known to
man (including double sided tape), but the buggers kept moving about -
which annoyed SWMBO no end.

So creating mat wells & using coir seemed the best solution, one by the
front door & one by the patio doors.

Posting this so anyone else thinking of installing them might find my
experience useful.

Looked on line & ready made frames cost a fortune - £25+ each for a 30"
x 14" frame & £8 extra for the coir mat, plus delivery. And of course,
not the size I wanted.

Found a carpet trade place on a local industrial estate, car park full
of carpet fitters vans, so I knew I'd come to the right place.

Two 2:7m lengths of 'square edge' carpet trim like this -
http://tradeunderlay.com/products-pa...e-2-7mtr-long/

A 1m x 1m piece of rubber backed coir matting & a tube of the special
adhesive they recommended for concrete floors;

http://www.wurth.co.uk/technical-che...adhesive-310ml

Whole lot came to £34!

Job was actually easier than I thought. Marked out the area of the mat
using a Sharpie marker, carefully cut out the rectangle of carpet, new
blade in Stanley knife & a straight edge. Then cut the underlay back to
accommodate the width of the square edge trim.

Square edge aluminium trim was easy to mitre on a chop saw with a
carbide tipped blade.

Bit fiddly to get the last section in, tucked the carpet into the
gripper with a bolster, then applied the adhesive to hold the trim down.

Left overnight it's as solid as a rock, cut the coir to size & Robert is
your Aunts husband.

Probably not something I'd do as a paid job, but surprisingly simple.


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Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk