hopefully ok to post here - 100% wool carpets

[ivejusthadacake]

have looked through archives and thought id ask for some up to date experiences from anyone who replies.

i have literally just ordered 100% loop woolcarpet this morning, a beautiful rustic grey with brown bits.

i know a loop isnt going to go the distance but we are hoping max of 7- 10 years.

we have a flat head vacuum with no rotating brushed so maybe that might help? i dont know though. we are also a no shoes house.

it was very inexpensive, so a 2x2 box room, a 3.5 x4 bedroom and stairs cost us £1090.

dh was mad for it as he wanted wool for its low flammability and i wanted a 100% man because im worried about carpet moths. I said ok to the wool as long as he took the bulk of responsibility for moths if we had any.

the one i bought isnt moth treated (or if it is, doesnt say) and the only mothproof ones i saw were crucial trading carpets which came out at £2, 600.

can anyone tell me if they've had carpet months lately?

if so, was yours an 80/20 wool or 100% wool?

how do moths get inside and will we have to unhook chests of drawers (the tall ikea malm ones) from the wall to lift up and vacuum/ routinely check for moths?

what the hell will we do with free standing wardrobes?

am i just being paranoid?

thanks i anyone can help.

I think the only way of getting rid of them is to take up both carpets and any underlay as well, and then (possibly? not sure?) fumigate. They munch through everything and anything. They are, officially, little buggers.

Lady, that's interesting. Not usually an EU basher but there are a couple of things around the house that've happened recently that made me come over all Daily Telegraph. Yellowing paint on skirtings I'd spent hours and hours sanding and painting, caused I gather by removal of chemicals that made it stop yellowing. Now I can add to this carpets full of holes . Am just glad I never went for the £60+ m2 Crucial Trading flooring that I really wanted ....

We are also in London, outskirts; maybe they especially love us London folk.

None here and 100% wool. We did have rats burrow under the house though from a broken drain so not claiming any pest related high ground

hi spare, no its a new roll as i asked if it had been in the warehouse long as i didnt want colour fade (random), they said 100% wool was cheaper as un dyed and from a factory rather than wholesaler or something like that. good to know for future ref though.

laughing at your post dyne.

thanks for all your posts, just have to see how it goes and nudge DH if the little pests do come and eat our carpet!