Carpet roll end: transporting in small car
 

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?
And how much would such a piece of carpet weigh? Is it a two-man job to
load and unload it?

Thanks
Bruce

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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?
And how much would such a piece of carpet weigh? Is it a two-man job to
load and unload it?

Why not get a set of roof bars? They can be really useful for
occasional use with a small car.
Apparently the weight of carpet is roughly 5lbs/sq.yd.
antron.dupont.com/pdf_files/literature/leed_construction_waste_mgmt.pdf
so you'd be looking at around 40kg for that size.

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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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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?
And how much would such a piece of carpet weigh? Is it a two-man job to
load and unload it?

Thanks
Bruce


If you are buying good quality Hessian backed carpet then you will need to
buy some rolls of underlay also - have it all delivered and fitted - they
will fit the grippers around the edges etc and have the right tools and
skill to stretch it into place and make a good job of it.

Dave

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 14:54:41 -0000, Rob Morley
strung together this:

http://www.antron.dupont.com/pdf_files/literature/leed_construction_waste_mgmt.pdf

Fixed it for you . ;-)
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In article , "Lurch"
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On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 14:54:41 -0000, Rob Morley
strung together this:

http://www.antron.dupont.com/pdf_files/literature/leed_construction_waste_mgmt.pdf

Fixed it for you . ;-)

How can I ever thank you enough? ;-)

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:58:03 -0000, Rob Morley
strung together this:

How can I ever thank you enough? ;-)

A healthy donation o my PayPal account will be fine!
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