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cleaner taken thread out of carpet

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uptheauntie · 15/10/2014 17:49

one of our carpets is a little loose under the door bar/threshold thing. It is has been like that for a little while and needs pushed back under the threshold, which our builder is going to do (we have had a renovation done and it is on the snagging list).

I came home today and a thread about 50 cm long is gone from the edge of the carpet into the hallway. The carpet is thick thread, so it is really really noticeable. The carpet is ruined effectively and will need replaced.

The cleaner must have done it whilst hoovering over the threshold. Which I never do given it is a little loose (you can't fail to notice it is coming out from under the threshold). But she has failed to mention it to me!

I can see these things happen, I am not quite sure who is at fault here, but AIBU to think she should have at least mentioned it to me?

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Mrsmorton · 15/10/2014 18:16

If you like it then you should have put a rug on it.

lazydog · 15/10/2014 18:17

Sorry, just re-read the OP. No, you're not being unreasonable to have expected the cleaner to mention it to you. However, I don't believe it's the cleaner's fault that it happened.

pippop1 · 15/10/2014 18:18

Can you buy a bit more carpet to match or, perhaps more stylishly, somehow make the threshold area into a mat. I had sunken areas made immediately adjacent to the threshold bar to set thick coconut mats into at the front door and back doors of the house so that you had to walk on them in order to get through the door. (I hope that makes sense).

It's an unfortunate accident but if that's the worst thing that happens during "extensive building work" then you'll be OK.

LEMmingaround · 15/10/2014 18:19

What lazydog said but tbh you sound a tad unapproachable so maybe she was worried how you would react.

HindsightisaMarvellousThing · 15/10/2014 18:20

Mrsmorton there is tea sprayed all over my laptop - entirely your fault

antimatter · 15/10/2014 18:20

You could argue it's builders fault. Not fixing it straight away & it got damaged as a result

kelda · 15/10/2014 18:22

If the carpet has been ruined just by hoovering it, then you needed to make clear to her not to hoover it; preferably you should have fixed it earlier - if you have children, they could have easily have caused the same damage.

OverAndAbove · 15/10/2014 18:23

PMSL Mrsmorton

If it is really badly damaged then won't your cleaner's insurance cover it? Presumably she is insured if you are paying her?

Cabrinha · 15/10/2014 18:23

It's not the cleaner's fault. She should have told you, but I can well imagine why she might have been too scared to.
Nowt wrong with waiting for the builder to do it, horses for courses. But... you took the risk that it would be safe it the mean time.
Not sure that household insurance would cover that, but you could check.

Otherwise - rug, or strategically remove more threads to make it look a deliberate statement.

Camolips · 15/10/2014 18:24

Can't stop giggling at MrsM Grin

nowahousewife · 15/10/2014 18:26

Have skimmed this thread but not quite sure what you're asking here op. Why don't you just make a claim for accidental damage on your household insurance and get new carpet?

Viviennemary · 15/10/2014 18:29

I don't think the clearner can be blamed here as she doesn't have appeared to have been told about this. Because the carpet was faulty to begin with. But I suppose she could have told you about the thread.

rembrandtsrockchick · 15/10/2014 18:30

Get a good carpenter to fashion a beautiful, hardwood base plate which will cover the gap and look good too.

ithoughtofitfirst · 15/10/2014 18:32

Lmao mrsm

SirNoel · 15/10/2014 18:33

If you like it then you should have put a rug on it.

Grin

OP shit happens unfortunately- claim on the insurance for it

SirNoel · 15/10/2014 18:33

Is this a thread about a thread?

YourKidsYourRulesHunXxx · 15/10/2014 18:36

You should have told the cleaner about it. I assume she isn't a soothsayer. At least you'll know for next time to communicate about any potential balding of carpets

Kitsmummy · 15/10/2014 18:36

Sir noel...ah ha ha ha ha!

YourKidsYourRulesHunXxx · 15/10/2014 18:36

Haha a thread about a thread.

YourKidsYourRulesHunXxx · 15/10/2014 18:37

Shit you beat me to it SirNoel

Sallyingforth · 15/10/2014 18:39

Couldn't you just have pushed the thread under the threshold with the end of a screwdriver or knife? Leaving it loose like that was asking for trouble. Definitely not the cleaner's fault.

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uptheauntie · 15/10/2014 18:42

Oh my god. I am not asking whether the cleaner is at fault, I am asking whether she was unreasonable to not tell me that they carpet is damaged?

I didn't warn her about the carpet, which is actually incidental. Because I am not asking whether she was to blame.

I am asking whether she should have mentioned it to me?

I am very approachable, get on very well.

I just cannot imagine something breaking/being damaged at my work (through no fault of my own) and not telling someone?

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uptheauntie · 15/10/2014 18:44

No it couldn't be pushed under, the joiner tried and said it need relaid properly, which will be happening. But that is fecking not relevant! Shouldn't she have mentioned it?,

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Notagainmun · 15/10/2014 18:44

The cleaner probably should have mentioned it but you can't blame her if a pulled thread had run further while she was doing her job. You should have made it safe rug or tape over it. I would put an insurance claim in on your home policy.

YourKidsYourRulesHunXxx · 15/10/2014 18:45

I can see these things happen, I am not quite sure who is at fault here, but AIBU to think she should have at least mentioned it to me?

That to me is you asking whether it is her fault.

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