New Carpet
Hi all .Can anybody recommend where to get a new carpet for bessacar motorhome In the Yorkshire area.Old carpets looking grubby. 5 years old. cheers to you all.
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It has been said on here often that the best price is to get a local carpet fitter to make one using the old carpet as a template.
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Yep, get a local firm to make them up from matching offcuts and binding the edge. You may have to discuss with them how you are going to ensure the carpet is not going to slide on the floor. An alternative is to buy non-slip office matting and cut to shape or try Dunelm for kitchen runners.
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Not addressing the OP's question directly I know, but having a dog my approach is that as soon as the new van gets home the original carpets come out, are rolled up and wrapped for storage, and replaced with cheap disposable runner type mats. The current ones came from Tesco.
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" Flotex" kitchen & bathroom carpet is VERY good.Easy to clean & hard wearing too.1 -
£50 for new caravan carpets made by our local carpet shop from a remnant. With whipped edges and bleach cleanable. Why pay caravan/MH prices?
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We have two dogs so we have a winter one that we don't mind getting muddy, just hoover it off and a summer one. We bought carpet remnants, cut to size using the old carpet as a template like others have said, I have managed to do this myself by cutting with a Stanley knife on the reverse then getting a carpet fitter to bind the edges last one cost £50 in total. Will look into the Flotex though as I hadn't thought of that, do you still have to bind the edges?
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Sorry Tinwheeler you must have posted your reply as I was typing, but great minds think alike
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No problem. We must share a thrifty gene.
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Hi 'Outdoor Lady,,when i did a 're-carpet' on a motorhome ,i did'nt have the edges bound,and the tight weave never showed any signs of unraveling .But i would think that if you're lifting them in & out ,it might be prudent to do so.See what the carpet shop say's ??
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Hi, I have just had my Auto Trail Cheyene fitted throughout from cab to toilet for £200. by KUSTOM SPORT near Barnsley 01226 203347
post code S71 3HR they have templates for a lot of m/homes and caravans. just need your make, model and year. give em a call
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Sorry, didn't mean to shock you Tinwheeler. but it is a quality job,all edges bound and velcro fastenings,easy to remove. every body to their own i suppose.
Hope you recover shortly.
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Mine was a quality job as well.
As long as you're happy, that's all that matters.
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I posted in another thread the following:
On my recommendation a friend of my sister had carpets made from offcuts from the carpets she'd had fitted at home (which they had stored in their garage). She had them whipped for £1 a metre, at a company we used, and they came in at less than £20 for the set including, velcro tabs in each corner. In this area there are lots of places which whip the edges of carpets - we're frugal lot in Yorkshire!!
You may find a stall a market near you, which sells carpet offcuts bound as rugs, and they may also make you a very cheap set, made to measure.
You can google 'carpet whipping' or 'carpet binding' and you'll find plenty of companies offering the service. Prices vary from £1 a metre upwards for whipping and whatever the carpet offcuts cost you.
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no dogs, no carpets either.....(still in their wrappings).....
used to use carpet in winter and remove them in summer. now we dont bother at all.
van far easier to keep clean by just brushing out the 'wooden' floor when required.
as we tend to be in warm places (most of the time) its dust/sand (rather than UK mud) thats the issue, so a quick brush out is so easy, whereas dusty carpets are a pain to clean properly.
van floor always warm.
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