cheap but nice fitted carpet?

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Just that really - we need to re carpet some rooms but can't spend much for various reasons. Has anyone found a carpet that is great value?

we are probably looking for a standard cut pile carpet rather than loop pile. (though would consider loop pile if there is a bargain available). I would prefer 100% wool but guessing that pushes the price up...

need a beige ish colour

thanks

Have you tried looking for an end of roll deal?
Obviously gets easier, the smaller the room, but some great bargains to be had on odd pieces (often room sized odd pieces) that the shops are trying to shift.

Remember to factor in fitting costs - it will be cheaper to have all fitting done at once, plus most fitters charge a psf rate with a minimum charge so having a small room carpeted separately can work out expensive. For the time taken and skill required a carpet fitter is worth every penny ime.

If you have a room which doesn't get much use or is a child's room, consider a man made carpet. They are not like the horrible old static nylon ones of yore anymore and can be very easily cleaned.

Another tip is to go to the likes of Carpet Right. You'd have to be really unlucky to buy from them at a time when they weren't doing a mega sale! But - do not buy underlay from them: they put a huge mark up on it. We bought our underlay online and it was something like £2.99 psf instead of the £7.99 Carpet Right wanted to charge us. We got two big rolls that did hall, stairs and landing, living room and half a bedroom (previous occupants took carpet and half the underlay; we didn't realise until the fitter arrived that the piece of underlay folded up in the corner of the room only covered half the floor!).

Thanks, good tips. It's 3 rooms we'd be doing so not sure end of roll would work but always worth asking. Will have a look at man made... we have a moth problem actually so maybe man made is better if it isn't horrid these days?

I've thought of something else now: you do not need to spend as much on bedroom carpet and carpets for low traffic areas as for hall, stairs and landing and living rooms. You can buy something cheaper and still have wool.

We have a cheaper looped pile berber carpet in one bedroom, a cheaper cut pile wool carpet in another and a polypropylene carpet in the smallest bedroom. We spent money on h, s and l (most expensive) and living room. We also had a more luxurious, i.e. thicker, underlay in the living room.

ooh, good news as they are all bedrooms. thanks.

I bought my underlay, gripper rods and threshold bars online and bought the thickest underlay I could find. Then I went to Carpetright and got their £5sqm nylon carpet and their fitting. If I'd been able to have looped carpet it would have looked nicer, the twist we bought (cats) does look a bit cheap, but feels lovely underfoot thanks to the underlay. We have loads left over and I keep meaning to do our box room with the remnants!

Do you know Mummy a guy in a carpet showroom once told me not to get looped pile as we had a cat. Well experience has shown that said cat loved scratching cut pile carpet but hated the looped variety as she couldn't get her claws through. Looped pile still looking great, the other stuff not so good.

Our cats destroyed our loop carpet and only semi destroyed the cut pile. Cats are going to try and sharpen their claws on any carpet, it's just degrees of mess.