To think we need new carpet?

[Chunkymonkey79]

Getting all new furniture in two rooms. Carpets have lots of big flattened areas where old furniture was and wont all be covered up by the new stuff.

Is there a magic way to lift the carpet back up where old furniture has flattened it?!

Your meant to use ice (in a bag) to get furniture foot indentations to rise out - not sure how that would fair with larger areas although I suspect over time it would rise of its own accord.

Thanks! Will give that a try!

I thought ice too but thought it was ice cubes not in a bag. You should Google it before taking my advice though. I thought the water lifted the fibres gradually.

Different websites say ice cubes without bag.

My Dyson does a wonder job at removing the furniture footprint marks but I guess a lot depends on the quality of the carpets and your hoover.

Spray it with water so it's damp and then use a cool iron over a cloth until it's dry. It should lift the fibres. Check first on a non obvious bit to make sure it's ok for your carpet!

I've used ice cubes, no bag.

Would it be worth cleaning the carpets first? If you don't have a vax carpet cleaner (which are brilliant and well worth the money) you could hire or borrow a machine. It's expensive to have people in to clean the carpet but the machines aren't much to hire.

Ice cubes without a bag are good for eg sofa feet indentations

You could hire a carpet cleaner for a day from a supermarket - the cleaning process should help the fibres stand up, and you'll have a better idea whether you really do need a new carpet

I wonder if getting your carpets professionally cleaned would lift the pile? My understanding is that synthetic carpets won't recover but natural fibre ones will.

Thanks everyone! Brill ideas