carpet

  1. S

    Carpet Glue

    I have been asked to lay a piece of carpet in a room with concrete floor, the room is only used occasional and they have no underlay - recommendations for a glue I can use instead of trying to fit carpet track to the concrete
  2. C

    Insulating a carpeted attic

    Hi - we've purchased a house that has an insultated, carpeted attic. tI was used as an occassional bedroom by the previous owners, we will be using it for storage (and occassionally if needed as a bedroom). I want to insulate it, and I wondered if people thought putting insulation boards (and...
  3. A

    Door threshold - gap between carpet & wood floor

    Our door frames are about 135mm deep. We're having 35mm-depth doors fitted and we want the threshold to be hidden underneath the door. We currently have our finished wood floor running about 40/50mm into the doorframe (this is screwed down into place, not glued), and we're having our carpet...
  4. PuddyCat

    Wide transition z bar

    I have a wide room and need a transition bar for carpet to laminate (14mm). Where can I get a 3.5m length? I can only find 2.7m max.
  5. H

    House rewire questions Please help

    Hi all, Please bear with me as this is my first post and not use to being on the internet. I have some questions I hope someone can help me with. I have recently had my whole house rewired. Obviously I knew there would be mess and disruption. Question 1/ Can I ask when the guys cut floor boards...
  6. R

    best burgundy carpet for bathroom

    OK, thinking of replacing my bathroom carpet, I have decided against vinyl. Ideally a rich burgundy thickish carpet (polypropylene I assume). Does anyone have any specific recommendations for makes? Thank you!
  7. L

    Floorboards smell musty under carpet

    Sorry it's a long one but I've done so much research on this and I am completely stumped, and all my usual go-to DIY friends are also stumped. I have two musty smell problems in my bedroom that might be related. I live in a ground floor flat in a classic two flat victorian terraced conversion...
  8. G

    Making small floor access panel

    Heya, I've just had two water stop valves put in under the floor in my hallway (long story, only place to have stop valve that is inside my flat and not my neighbours basement...). I'd like to make a small access panel that lifts up so that the valves can be easily accessed. Interested to see...
  9. E

    Carpet, Skirting board, Laminate - which first?

    Hello, We are fully renovating our dining room which will have half-laminate flooring, half-carpet with a threshold between. Understand it is better to fit carpet to the skirting board, but the laminate should sit under the skirting board - so I'm not sure what order is best. Can anyone suggest...
  10. B

    Ply over floorboards

    Hi all. I'm having some new carpet fitted soon on the landing and to my delight the floorboards beneath the old carpet are a bit of a state. I've opted to lay some 6mm ply over them to help smooth everything out. My question is, as I'm not (yet) replacing carpet in the adjoining rooms, should...
  11. P

    Lifting and putting back carpet

    Hi all I want to fix/replace the squeaky floorboards upstairs in our house. Some have dropped some just squeak irritatingly. The carpets been down a year ( I know - should’ve sorted it before kayong carpet) can you lift carpet and lay it back down once the boards are repaired? Also how do...
  12. M

    Most effective insulation under carpet – above suspended vented wooden floor

    My living room is on ground floor. It has a suspended wooden floor over a large vented cavity (several feet deep). It gets pretty cold in winter. I want to get carpet in this room; both for comfort and to increase the warmth/insulation in the colder months. I’m aware that doing under-floor...
  13. J

    Retrofit threshold between laminate & carpet

    What's the best way to retrofit a threshold bar of some description between laminate flooring and carpet? The carpet appears to have been glued down at the doorway (in addition to the carpet grippers around the rest of the room). The carpet and laminate meet with no gap.
  14. P

    Advice Wanted: washing machine riser on carpet

    Hi, ( photos here: https://imgur.com/a/w2wYZmo ) I’ve got this really small utility room I’m building a diy riser in, to raise the washing machine up a little. The room has recently been carpeted and I’ve read online about being careful or cautious in case of any possible unforeseen leaks from...
  15. P

    Advice from Plumbers; flooring for under washing machines?…

    Hi, ( photos here: https://imgur.com/a/w2wYZmo ) I’ve got this really small utility room I’m building a diy riser in, to raise the washing machine up a little. The room has recently been carpeted and I’ve read online about being careful or cautious in case of any possible unforeseen leaks from...
  16. Mo Ali

    Water leak on plyboards

    I had a burst pipe leak which completely flooded my living room (only recently got new carpet laid!) After looking for advice online I took half the carpet and underlay off to let it dry, only to find the plyboard all warped and wet. Is it worth keeping the plyboard as it is and just let it...
  17. rajdsingh

    Is it normal to use glue to fit carpet?

    I need my stairs carpeted, there's a set of 3 corners steps and the rest are straight. Each step has a bullnose and I want the carpet to wrap around the bullnose and sit flat against the riser. I was told by a carpet fitter today that this will cost £150 to fit with wrap around and they'll need...
  18. S

    Huge door gap: Yes or no? (photos) Have your say

    Hello Screwfix community, we just got a new carpet fitted. Without asking, the carpet fitter trimmed two doors. He says it is perfect. At 2,5cm in my front door and 2cm in the internal door, I think he overdid it, and now we need to fix the doors. What does the Screwfix community think...
  19. Powerelec

    carpet joints at the door

    what is the best method of jointing ? I had fitters lay carpet down and cutting the felt back on each side blow the by a couple of cms and the carpet meeting above that and then placing a metal carpet strip with screws hammered in above it. this created a dip under the door instead of it being...
  20. S

    Carpet laying and underlay advice for treehouse

    Hi I’m looking for advise on carpeting a 5m2 floor in our treehouse. I have carpet but wondering what underlay to use. The floor wood beams, seems to be simple 2x1” screwed down onto the wooden subframe. No skirting boards - the walls are large mdf sheets screwed to the subframe behind. I’m not...
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