[kinder clean]

Just in the process of moving into our new home and need to get rid of the 1970s monstrosities that are on the floor at the moment.



The wife is insisting on a light beige / oatmeal colour throughout  : Looking at mid range prices, something that offers good comfort but

responds well if maintainenance cleaned.



With all the knowledge gained in this industry what type of carpet would you put down ?

for example 80 / 20 wool mix ?

I did notice while looking around that even some of the more expensive samples on display are made from 100% polyprop ( about £25 per

sq mtr ) would this be more durable than the typical 3.99 per sq mtr crap ? All advice appreciated before I make a purchase in the next

week or so.



Thanks

Paul

[Carpet Dawg]

polyprop. Dearest u can afford. or what ever ur buget is. And a good backing!

Tony

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

80/20 twist between 40 and 45oz in weight - fitted on Cloud 9 Cirrus underlay.

[Colin Day]

Laminate Flooring......



































Only Joking

[Joe H]

No your not Colin...... bet your house is full of it 

[Colin Day]

No your not Colin...... bet your house is full of it 

My last house was cos I believed it would be better for my daughters asthma..... How wrong we were

[Dave Whittaker]

Im with Steve on that one. A decent 80/20 twist .

Nicest to look at, nicest to fit, nice to walk on and I don't mind cleaning them either.

Last a while too - If looked after of course

[markpowell]

80 / 20 and scotchgard
MArk

[Joe H]

Maybe some time this year we might get to decorate hall/stairs/landing.
Hall is going to be LAMINATE - I get that out of the way.
Is this 80/20 twist good for stairs. - I dont want it to lay flat in 6 months.
Seems a bit restricted on colours - shades of brownish.

[kerrpmiddleton]

ploypob, good hardwaring easy to clean, lots of them come whith stain protectors in them  ,wool very nice but good help you if you have kidds pets ,once stained well, thats it limited to removal   , yesterday was in a house , white and cream carpets though out, wee lab p marks all over , bisal carpet cleaning , come hoover, taken blinds that we had just cleaned back ,when the lady says "i see you clean carpets ,we just bought a bissal carpet cleaner , doing a great jop , but will keep you in mind ,as my shoes are sticking to the carpets , honest,  :

[richie]

The more expensive poly prop carpets or a decent weight 80/20 wool rich carpet with top quality underlay such as Cloud 9 is what i'd recommend.  Joe for stairs many i have seen all to often that the 80/20 twist does go flat very quick.  Berbers tend to be alot more hard wearing and becoming increasingly popular for stairs.  More often than not people think that stair carpets take the least amount of wear but in fact they take the most wear of any room, so its advisable to choose very carefully.

Richie.

[jasonl]

Polyprop  in a biscuit colour here with cloud 9 under it , apparently according to the fitter it is bleach cleanable! 

The biscuit colour is in case we get peckish we can eat the carpet!  Thankyou Frank Gallagher  for that one!

[Steve. Taylor]

80/20 good underlay, sebo when fitter has finished, then scotchguard it.

No kids, no pets, no shoes and try not to walk on it

[adimarsh]

Polyprop  in a biscuit colour here with cloud 9 under it , apparently according to the fitter it is bleach cleanable! 

Hi Jason,

I've encountered carpet sales people who have told customers they can use bleach on these carpets.
They forget to tell them to dilute the bleach first though. Or is that just away of selling another carpet when the first is ruined?

[Shaun_Ashmore]

80-20, I like westex talisman.

Shaun

[Dave Whittaker]

I was fitting a polyprop for a lady last month when she told me about it being bleach cleanable.
The guy in carpet right swore blind that this was possible when she bought it.

I gave her an offcut and told her to put some bleach on it just to see what happened, thinking it would end up trashed.

She called me in to the kitchen where she had rubbed brown sauce and tipped ribena over it, proceeded to almost saturate the offcut with neat bleach on her draining board.

The result - With a rub the stains dissolved. Took it home to see if colour was lost etc and it's been in my shed since, texture and colour is as new, it just stinks of bleach.

It's a cream colour deep pile "champagne" polyprop (pinky tints)

[Shaun_Ashmore]

As you'll know bleach cleanable carpets have been around for ages but if you get a stain on there for some time there's no guarantee, I went to see one at a nursing home where the inmates had urinated on it and it had discoloured the carpet also areas around the door and beds just looked terrible but in a nursing home I couldn't have recommended a better carpet but in a home I bet it will look shocking in 12 months.

Shaun

[garyfindlay]

I would buy a magic carpet, that cleans itself

[Griffus]

We're just finishing decorating our bedroom and have opted for Abingdon's Stainfree Panache. This is a 100% polyprop and too be fair feels to be good quality. Will probably do the same in the new Nursery.

I did look around for 5th Generation Nylon as I'd heard via the one of my training courses that this was the business. Trouble being it's not readily available this side of the Atlantic. That's the IICRC for you 

If doing the lounge, dining room, stairs or landing then I'd probably go for an 80/20.

Hallway, WC, bathroom, en-suite and kitchen will always be vinyl.

[brianbarber]

6 yrs ago we bought carpet for new house, by sheer luck we were advised on a twist cut pile.
Anyway 3 yrs ago, after starting carpet cleaning, i could confirm it was polyprop!
Its been bloody incredible, the stairs still look new,not flat anywhere.
Just about to have it re layed after decorating,(found backing was stamped with scotchguarded-Bonus!) Buying some tredaire "red" underlay.......real comfy !!

Mr B