Me again with the scintillating posts, sorry!
So we're at the 'ordering carpet' stage of the refurb (a.k.a complete emotional, mental and financial meltdown).
Found some decent cheap and pleasant carpet from CarpetRight but their fitting and underlay costs seem inflated, so we're hoping to find an independent fitter and looking elsewhere for underlay.
I haven't done carpets before but this is for stairs, landing and bedrooms. I have heard (a) that underlay is important, and (b) that it is notorious for "off-gassing" VOCs. I'll be 6 months pregnant when we get back in so attempting to limit that by looking at eco options.
So far I've found these which tick my eco & low-cost boxes:
Breathe Natural made from wood fibres, 8mm thick
www.carpet-underlay-shop.co.uk/products/qa-breathe-carpet-underlay-from-2-06-per-m2
Luxury Wool, no chemicals, 15mm thick
www.carpet-underlay-shop.co.uk/collections/carpet-underlay/products/56oz-heat-insulation-wool-carpet-underlay
Does anyone know about underlays and can offer advice? In London our wool carpets were eaten alive by moths so that makes me a bit wary of wool, but I think thick sounds good...
Should underlay be thick in the bedrooms and thinner on the stairs?
Is there another low-VOC solution I should be looking at?
Basically any advice or thoughts would be much appreciated!
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"Eco" carpet underlay - wool felt vs wood vs ??
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WoolyMammoth55 · 16/09/2020 15:20
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