Carpet & underlay

[hkazee]

Hi guys,

I have a question about lifting and refitting carpet.

We changed our living room carpet a couple of years ago to a nice thick one but made the mistake of not changing the underlay to a higher spec

9mm or 11mm underlay. Now, a couple of years down the line the carpet is looking rather flat and old.

I am now wondering if it would be possible to lift the carpet, replace the underlay and refit the carpet or would it not fit once a the thicker underlay is put down? I am also planning on getting the carpet professionally cleaned to give it the ?like new? appearance.

Your opinions/ advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks

[Hugh - in either England or Sp]

Some idea of what the carpet is made of and how it is fitted might help.

80 percent wool carpets will last really well but if I were doing the same I would get a proffessional to do it. One drawback with really thick underlay is that furniture legs make really deep indentations that may not recover if the furniture is moved. Lovely and springy and warm though. If you have to buy underlay retail try and find a small supplier that will do a decent deal.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I did just that with a halls and stairs carpets - replaced the collapsed green rubber on a fabric backing stuff with Cloud 9 - and gave it a good shampoo/clean. Made a vast difference.

[meow2222]

of course

well, it won't be like new but it should be much improved.

NT

[John Rumm]

A good cleaning will help:

I am now wondering if it would be possible to lift the carpet, replace

The thickness of the underlay won't make the room change size, so it should still fit. You may need a knee kicker to get it back into place on the gripper rods nice and snugly.

[hkazee]

any advice?

[John Rumm]

Yup, ditch diybanter and get a proper news account - you might see the replies sooner!

[hkazee]

Thank you all for your help...it was very helpful and useful.

I was just concerned that with thicker underlay, the carpet wont meet the edges of the room again!

[bert]

In message , hkazee writes

You might just have to shave a bit off the bottom of the doors.

[Bryan G]

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