Carpet for hallway & stairs

dudara

I’m planning to replace the existing carpet in our hallway/stairs/landing. The carpet that’s there came with the house, it’s old enough and I want a change to a more modern style.

Has anyone gone through this recently and what lessons did you learn? We’re based in D8 if that is helpful.

Vetch

I replaced carpet recently - one shop's 'standard' underlay was 7mm and another's 'standard' underlay was 11mm. I ended up with 12mm but would check out the depth of it and what type of underlay it is.

Richard Roma

Bargain hard. Establish in advance that pole marks or cuts won’t be acceptable.

anewme

Whats a pole mark?

I kniw theres no such thing as wverage, but what should I expect to pay per sq m for carpet for stairs and landing.

Was thinking 25-30?

Muahahaha

Doing a similar job myself soon and was wondering about underlay. Its hard to tell what you're getting as shops arent very clear on it. Is there a market leading brand or are they all much the same?

Payton

I recently got carpet and underlay from CarpetRight for the stairs and landing. The underlay was the thickest they had (purple/pink colour), couldn't fault the service or fitting.

dudara

Muahahaha wrote: »

Doing a similar job myself soon and was wondering about underlay. Its hard to tell what you're getting as shops arent very clear on it. Is there a market leading brand or are they all much the same?

The old carpet has underlay underneath, and it looks to be in good nick. The sales agent we spoke to recommended replacing it, and gave us a quote with the underlay clearly called out, so we could see the separate cost. He recommended two types, a medium one for the hall & landing and a different one for the stairs that would fold better.

But my real question is, can we reuse the existing underlay or is it better to get all new?

Muahahaha

dudara wrote: »

The old carpet has underlay underneath, and it looks to be in good nick. The sales agent we spoke to recommended replacing it, and gave us a quote with the underlay clearly called out, so we could see the separate cost. He recommended two types, a medium one for the hall & landing and a different one for the stairs that would fold better.

But my real question is, can we reuse the existing underlay or is it better to get all new?

Im no expert on carpets dudara but would imagine that it depends on how springy the current underlay is that you have. And how old is it, Ive heard the lifecycle of a good underlay should be 15-20 years.

Another consideration is that if replacing carpets now and using the old underlay it means you cant replace the underlay again for X amount of years till you replace the carpets again. So I would guess ask yourself if the underlay that is there now will still be good in 5 or 10 years time, will it last the lifespan of your new carpet or be flat in a couple of years and then maybe a source of annoyance.

Finally I would think there is a possibility that underlays currently on the market are more comfortable underfoot than those that were sold 10 or 15 years back. Best thing to do is compare what you have at home while wearing socks and then do the same in the shop, take your shoes off and ask to walk on their underlay and see is there a big difference.