Does anyone have sisal carpet?

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I love the look of it but my carpet fella tells me it's not hard-wearing.

Any thoughts?

Your carpet chap might be confusing Jute with Sisal.
Jute can shed very quickly, but sisal is extremely hardwearing, and suitable for heavy traffic areas.

I've got Tintawn sisal in the hall, stairs and landing and have had it for many years, it's only now starting to show some slight wear.

Thanks Ada, that's sort of what I thought. I've always wanted sisal, I'm just going to make it happen.

I think it's sisal we had and it stained very badly.

if you gave a cat don't go there. You'll basically ve installing a giant scratching post

We had it in a flat we rented - it was hard wearing, but so uncomfortable! I have pretty tough feet, because I prefer being barefoot, and this stuff was painful to stand on.

Also not child friendly in that it's difficult to clean any spills etc, and there will be lots of grazed knees when they inevitably trip over.

It's the only flooring I would actively veto if my partner suggested it!

One thing I think about sisal is that it is probably difficult to lay well. It's quite bulky and stiff, so I don't think it would work well on complicated or rounded shapes, for instance curved stairs.
So best kept to rooms where long straight runs were required.

It's a small office, just 2x2, and I just hung some wallpaper that in my view, demands sisal.

My kids are teenagers and I'd like them to stay out.

No cats!

I think it stains really badly and can’t be cleaned- we had some sisal carpet where even spilling a glass of water would leave a massive stain which couldn’t be cleaned out. I’d go for a wool blend instead personally.

My sisal floor grazed my toddlers knees really badly a few times.

I know you don’t have toddlers, but It’s not that user friendly , particularly if you like having bare feet. Beautiful though.

Pain to clean
Hard on your feet, it’s not soft to walk on
Not very practical

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I think sisal is the best complement. I'm not sure I care if I have to replace it in 3 years!

I had sisal carpets. ExH vomited potatoes and red wine down the corridor. Then steam cleaned them. Fitted carpet shrunk so left 10cms at all edges.

Round the bath it shrank too.

Walking on it is similar to walking on a bed of nails. Horrible stuff to live with. Never Ever Again.

Poor you, is it ridiculously obvious to say that I despise vomit, particularly on carpet?

If it’s for your office and kids/pets/drinks will stay out, then I’d go for it. It does look nice and it isn’t the sort of room that’s likely to get wrecked.

I have herringbone pattern sisal in a shade similar to elephants breath.
It looks beautiful, very contemporary.
In order to avoid shrinking the carpet should be fitted over 3 days.
The underlay is glued to the floor.
The following day the sisal is glued to the underlay and rough cut into the room.
The sisal is left 24 hrs to acclimatise.
The following day the edges are trimmed and the sisal is fitted.
Our sisal has been down two years and it still looks perfect but there have been no spillages or children in the room.

We have had sisal and seagrass. Sisal looked good but starined very easily, a minor accident with the Christmas tree or a puppy and the marks won't come out. Seagrass was much better and (sorry if TM|) rather more serious puppy accidents, wine spills etc could easily be scrubbed out. I think officially you should not have seagrass on the stairs, but we did.

I worked in an office with sisal/seagrass on the stairs a girl slipped down the stairs and the rough surface did horrific damage to her skin.

She required lots of treatment on her legs as the skin was literally grated.

I love the look of natural flooring but if I see it on stairs it gives me flashbacks to her injuries.

Don’t you remember the 90s OP? Everyone had it, it stained badly and was uncomfortable. Leave it in the past.

Ah, FridalovesDiego, I was struggling to remember why we don't have it any more. The seagrass was best but the legs on sofas and chairs did make marks on it where the threads were crushed.

Glorious wallpaper!

No advice on the carpet but the wallpaper is lovely!

thanks all - I hung it myself and made a right mess of it in some places (haven't done it in years) but people claim it's not obvious.

She required lots of treatment on her legs as the skin was literally grated.

Eek!

Sisal is not recommended for use on the stairs for safety reasons, it goes shiny and slippery.

It's a bugger on your knees!!!