Buying Carpet

johndoe99

I'm having trouble getting Carpet businesses (2 so far) into laying the carpet in my home because I have a stairlift that is attached to the stairs itself:



They all say they can lay the carpet, but as soon as they see the stairlift they say no. I just wanted them to work around it (they can easily cover the metal stands)

The stairlift cannot be lifted or moved out of position as it is balanced and calibrated to that position.

I was also thinking of alternatives, such as Adhesive Carpet tiles, but no nothing at all about them, such as how to lay them and do they need to be glued.

So if anyone raeding this knows of any solutions, please let me know.

Thanks

meercat

What part of the world you in?

johndoe99

meercat wrote: »

What part of the world you in?

Waterford, Ireland

meercat

Sorry in Dublin. Can't help you. Should be able to get someone local. It's not that tricky. Good luck

sarahjll

Dear friend,

I think you only need buy carpet tiles to lay them on your stairs, and you could cut them by yourself with cutter. Then you could buy some general glue used for carpet and lay them by yourself. I think you could solve this problem.

Because we are manufacturer in China, so I cannot help you hand by hand.

Best wishes for you!
Sarah Jiang

zziplex

I dont know much about carpets but i am a carpenter and I dont see what the big deal is? Its the same as a carpet fitter notching around say a door frame,newel post, old style rads etc etc? :rolleyes:

Find a "proper" carpet fitter I dont see the fuss is it can be done......

be0wulf

I'm an ex carpet fitter and despite what people are telling you this would be tricky but not impossible, it would take some time and lots of joining and gluing it would also take away the life span of the carpet. The one big fear most fitters would have would be the carpet tearing as they tried to bloster from step to step as stair carpet needs to be tucked into each step using grippers and a cut on each step would mean an uneven pull on the carpet, have you considered a felt-back(glue down) carpet and stir nosings? this would be a good alternative but slightly more expensive...good luck.

johndoe99

thanks for all the replies and ideas, they helped.

I finally got a Carpet fitter to do it; O' Toole Carpets, Morrisons rd Waterford, the owner himself did it:




It took about an hour and he managed to put underlay as well, i'm very happy with the finished result.

meercat

Looks good.worth doing right.