Carpet laying and tidy up

paddylonglegs

Hi.

Wanted to get your thoughts on what a carpet fitter does with leftover carpet off cuts after carpet is laid?

I don't have much experience with carpet fitters but thought it was odd that they left all the off cuts lying around when finished. Is it the norm to do this? In my own job and any trades Iv worked with, it's fairly standard to clean up after yourself. It's just good manners and to keep the customer happy. The carpet company supplied the fitter by the way

It's not ruining my year or anything, but just don't have the space in my wheelie bin for all these off cuts!

Sleeper12

We've had carpets fitted in all the rooms over the last 20 years or so & we've used several different fitters. I found them much the same.

From what I remember the fitter would put the bigger bits into a bag (left with you) & leave you to pick up the smaller bits. I think they advise not to hoover till carpet settles.

muffler

paddylonglegs wrote: »

but just don't have the space in my wheelie bin for all these off cuts!

But you think the carpet fitter should have plenty of space in his bin?

As stated above most fitters will bag or roll up the larger leftovers for you so that you can use them for mats or whatever. Some will lift the small cut offs and some wont.

DublinDilbert

If there's big pieces get some of them edged so you've now a couple of big mats that match the main carpet. Very useful if you have an open fire or stove in the room.

I've also used left over carpet where i done some built in wardobes in a box room above the stairs and needed something to cover up below the wardobe the slope from the stairs below. So i just used some of the same carpet, turned out very neat.

paddylonglegs

muffler wrote: »

But you think the carpet fitter should have plenty of space in his bin?

The reason I started the thread is to find this out. Why would I ask the question if I didn't know the answer already?

I simply wanted to know whether it's standard practice to remove rubbish from site as other trades Iv worked with do. If other carpet companies remove rubbish, then I will be choosing them next time

Thanks

Sleeper12

Plumbers would usually take stuff like broken taps, Cooper cylinders etc as they have a small scrap value on them. But if you get an electric shower, shower tray, a radiator replaced etc, then they are usually left behind. It's your property.

Some tradesman might offer to take away for a small fee. Obviously if you got a price from let's say a plumber to refit your new bathroom you should be asking does that include the skip. Quite often cheapest price won't include skip & you'll have to pay that yourself.
Bottom line for biggish jobs ask if skip included. For smaller jobs it's your property & up to you to deal with it. Especially now that we pay for extra weight on our black bins