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Carpet Fitter - how much?

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
Does anyone have any idea how much it costs to have a capet fitted?

It's to go in a standard room, four straight walls, 3m x 2m. Getting the carpet from B&Q who don't have a fitting service.

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've had one done for £40. found the bloke in the back of the local paper, was a few years ago now though.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think as a rough estimate you will be charged about £3 per square metre. Probably depends on the size of the job though!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Can be included in the price of the carpet...
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The carpet is a precut one from B&Q. Pick it up, pay, take it home, fit it yourself jobbie.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The carpet is a precut one from B&Q. Pick it up, pay, take it home, fit it yourself jobbie.

    Easier said than done. You need the equipment. My step dad is a carpet fitter and he has all kinds of random things. It doesn't look like an easy job tbh.:no:

    I am not sure about the costs because we have all ours fitted for free! I'll get my Mum to ask my step dad. I think it varies company to company though.
  • SkiveSkive Posts: 15,282 Skive's The Limit
    I'm a carpet fitter from time to time.

    Price is dependant on product, whether there's uplift and furniture, whether or not it needs prep (screed, underlay, gripper, door bars) etc etc

    Generally just for fitting a standard hessian back carpet with full prep you're looking at around 3 quid a meter or just under. Price can vary a lot to be honest.

    With such a small area most fitters won't be intrested.
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm having carpets fitted in my house for £2.20 a square metre, but I am having two bedrooms, stairs and landing done, so negotiated a bulk type deal!

    I wouldn't have paid much more than that though, would have got my dad on the job. DIY dads are the best :heart:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Some places offer free fitting but you usually need to have the Mexican carpet too.

    Underlay Underlay :D
  • SkiveSkive Posts: 15,282 Skive's The Limit
    kaffrin wrote: »
    I'm having carpets fitted in my house for £2.20 a square metre, but I am having two bedrooms, stairs and landing done, so negotiated a bulk type deal!

    I wouldn't have paid much more than that though, would have got my dad on the job. DIY dads are the best :heart:

    Unless he's got some experience than I wouldn't advise you old man attempting to fit carpet onto underlay and grippers in a HSL (hall stairs landing).

    If it's straight down carpet i.e without underlay then you can always have a go yourself, though there is no margin for error. All you need is a good knife and plenty of blades, a bolster and an adhesive of some sort (F3 or just Spray Glue).
    RubberSkin wrote: »
    Some places offer free fitting but you usually need to have the Mexican carpet too.

    Underlay Underlay :D

    You juts end up paying over the odds for underlay and gripper though. Allied make very little profit on the actual carpet, they tuck you up on the extras such as doorbars, gripper, and underlay.
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Skive wrote: »
    Unless he's got some experience than I wouldn't advise you old man attempting to fit carpet onto underlay and grippers in a HSL (hall stairs landing).

    If it's straight down carpet i.e without underlay then you can always have a go yourself, though there is no margin for error. All you need is a good knife and plenty of blades, a bolster and an adhesive of some sort (F3 or just Spray Glue).

    He's got no professional experience, but he's put down all the carpets in the houses we've had, underlay and all sorts. He's just a bit iffy about stairs, and considering he's been working his ass off on my house for the last month, I thought I'd give him a break and get some pros in to do it. :)

    Feel I must point out he's not just a bodge job DIY dad, he's a hardened perfectionist. His tiling of my bathroom brought a tear to my eye!
  • SkiveSkive Posts: 15,282 Skive's The Limit
    kaffrin wrote: »
    He's got no professional experience, but he's put down all the carpets in the houses we've had, underlay and all sorts. He's just a bit iffy about stairs, and considering he's been working his ass off on my house for the last month, I thought I'd give him a break and get some pros in to do it. :)

    To fit and stretch a carpet properly takes experience, and specialist tools. It took me alsmost a year before I was getting a nice finish on just a simple square room. Staris are easy though, unless you have kite winders and a bullnose.
    A properly stretched carpet will look and wear better.
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