cleaner taken thread out of carpet

[uptheauntie]

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?

MrsD spat my wine out!

TO BE is always missing here in NI. St Patrick drove out the infinitive along with the snakes.

I have no comment to make on the carpet but I suspect the OP is Scottish from her use of "needs".

Oh. I thought the OP was Scottish (use of 'need').

And I got MrsM's post and I'm well old.

I said a thread 50cm long. So not quite sure for the confusion. And I have said I didn't tell her. And I have explained that the joiner tried to get the crept relaid properly and couldn't, hence why a carpet fitter was being sent out. It is not as straight forward a job as some of you are thinking, but I appreciate without seeing our particular carpet etc you won't know that.

'Not paid enough to think'. That is a pretty awful thing to say.

Can you retrieve the thread and glue it in. Is your cleaner insured?

I have some sympathy, OP. Exactly the same thing happened to our hall carpet (securely fixed down) and I notice the missing thread every time I walk on it - it is annoying! But I have no idea how it happened - or even when exactly - so it is obviously quite easy to do.

You could try threading it back through once the bar is up

Basically, don't carpet the cleaner.

uptheauntie you misunderstand me. I worked as a cleaner for minimum wage and for my own business for 5x that. You pay me minimum wage and as far as I am concerned, my mind is my own to employ as I see fit (thinking about my other job) while I complete the mindless tasks of cleaning. Did you ask the cleaner to not vacuum that part of the carpet? If not, you are expecting too much. She should have mentioned it, but not doing so might say more about how she thought you would react.

I have a cleaner now. I don't expect her to read my mind and anticipate what accidents could happen if I were to leave accidents waiting to happen. It's my job to make her job safe and hazard free.

OP, if your a proponent of keeping people informed, not only should you have told her not to vacuum that part of the carpet, but you should now be having a conversation with her about the damage you believe she has caused.

If you don't bring it up with her, how can you blame her for not bringing it up with you?

NI here too. Needs replacing / pushed back is par for the course around here.

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"Needs replacing" is ok.

"Needs replaced" isn't.

I had this at one house I owned. About the same length as yours too, I got a carpet fitter out and he manges to stretch the carpet to fit and cut out the bald patch. Your issue is with who ever lied the carpet and not your cleaner

No SuburbanRhonda. It should be 'needs to be replaced'.

1. Open Hoover Bag

1. Remove aforementioned thread

1. see if it can be rethreaded - if you cant a professional should be able to.

1. Warn cleaner that the last 50cm of carpet is a "no go" zone.

1. Say "Thank you" MN for invaluable advice.

That was very constructive advice, Fairy!

Best of all, it didn't contain any advice on grammar.

Yes OP, she should have told you.

The carpet fitter might be able to stretch the carpet a little more to fix it, and you just have to decide whether you're going to bring it up with the cleaner or not.

I've got a bloody fitted carpet advertisement on the side. The internets stalking me.

Are you sure the cleaner actually noticed it?

The cleaner must have done it - maybe not. It could have been Prof Plum in the drawing room with the candelabra.

Either way, you need to get this thread pulled OP, for the sake of carpets everywhere.

Happy, my post said "Needs replacing" is ok.

Meaning, for anyone who isn't a grammar pedant, it's probably understood by most people and wouldn't cause the pearl-clutching that "Needs replaced" does.

Take a hook or a big needle and try to sew it back in. Is it a cotton rug?