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We Need New Bedroom Carpets.
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We have lived in this house for twenty four years and the bedroom carpets are the original ones, as laid by the house builders. They are in need of replacement but the thought of moving all the bedroom furniture is daunting and it keeps putting me off having it done.
We have four bedrooms and all of them need doing. Any tips for making it a less daunting prospect? Each one done separately, with furnishings moved into another room? Oh.........the thought of it puts me off........help!
We have four bedrooms and all of them need doing. Any tips for making it a less daunting prospect? Each one done separately, with furnishings moved into another room? Oh.........the thought of it puts me off........help!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I've dealt with the same problem when helping a friend to re-carpet a room.
It's dead easy:
Simply move all of the bedroom furniture clear from one wall by around 1.5m. Then cut a strip, roughly 1m wide off the carpet, roll it up and bin it. Then move the furniture a bit so that you can access the next 1m wide strip of carpet and cut it off. Repeat as necessary, removing the carpet strip-by-strip. (If required, remove the carpet grippers around the edge of the room whenever you find it convenient to do so during the step-by-step cutting-up process).
You'll obviously end up with a strip of bare boards, free from the clutter of any furniture, where you removed the final strip of carpet. So that's where you start laying your new carpet TILES (which are a zillion times easier to lay than full-size carpets). That's your solution!
;-)
It's dead easy:
Simply move all of the bedroom furniture clear from one wall by around 1.5m. Then cut a strip, roughly 1m wide off the carpet, roll it up and bin it. Then move the furniture a bit so that you can access the next 1m wide strip of carpet and cut it off. Repeat as necessary, removing the carpet strip-by-strip. (If required, remove the carpet grippers around the edge of the room whenever you find it convenient to do so during the step-by-step cutting-up process).
You'll obviously end up with a strip of bare boards, free from the clutter of any furniture, where you removed the final strip of carpet. So that's where you start laying your new carpet TILES (which are a zillion times easier to lay than full-size carpets). That's your solution!
;-)