Hi everyone, New member and first time posting. I hope your all well, and for any who are in the business I hope you are coping through Covid as much as possible considering the impact it must be having on you. It’s finally that time where I will have money to spend on re-carpeting a large amount of the home. This will be the first time since we moved nearly 6 years ago, other than the 2 boys bedrooms which we have done, and it’s something we wanted to do since moving but are only now going to have the money to do so after other priorities. Over the years I have looked on and off at various carpets, started research but never get far enough into the process. This time, now I have the money I am determined to do the family proud. So I am hoping with your help, I can make a good decision. Key considerations: downstairs we have underfloor heating so I believe need a total tog rating to not exceed 2.5? Carpets are to go in master bedroom, hallway, main living room (all downstairs with underfloor heating) and hallway, small box room (upstairs that has standard rads). Now, like many, we had been looking into deep pile to give that luxurious feel, and it seemed like we could get this to work at 2.5tog with an underfloor heating underlay. We had strongly been leaning towards the Invictus Sirius or Magnificus range. They looked good, can be cleaned more easily (we have 2 year old and 6 year old boys) say they are long lasting and can be used in all rooms. However, from spending a fair bit of time reading here, it sounds like a lot of advice that high pile carpets like these will quickly suffer with pile crush, in particular high traffic areas, which really loses the look/can make the carpet look like it’s multi coloured and makes the carpets look uneven. We Hoover once a week but sounds like you need to do this daily to have any hope of minimising the issues I mentioned and even then it’s only delaying the inevitable. It sounds like an 80/20 wool mix suffer less from these issues and can still be cleaned. Sounds like this would be a lower height pile, but could then have a thicker underlay so still soft underfoot? Before starting more research and looking at the different carpets etc I thought best to ask for your expert opinions around my family’s needs and what would be the best carpets to look into (I realise that there could be lots to choose from so having a smaller number of choices should help). In terms of price, I don’t want to spend money for the sake of it, but would rather pay more if it will make a difference in terms of a longer lasting carpet that doesn’t flatten as quickly etc. So good value, without wasting money, but if it costs to get a good long lasting carpet, then this is what I am prepared for. Thanks so much for any advice anyone can give. Clearly at the moment the local carpet shops are closed, so I was planning to organise some home visits but thought it best to get a good idea first to help narrow down what we may need. Thankyou, Ed
80/20 all day long. Brintons bell twist is amazing. Westex, Penthouse, Brockway, victoria are all good. Telenzo carpets are also very hard wearing. They are 2 and 3 ply loop pile carpets so they retain their appearance longer. I’ve always found wool mix carpets easy enough to clean as long as you use a wool safe carpet cleaner Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Thanks a lot for the quick response. I will look into those suggestions. are there particular products in those carpet ranges you would advise to help me narrow down my search as I’m sure each of those companies will all do tonnes of carpets. given my constraints of underfloor heating making me ideally have a total tog rating of 2.5 is there a good mix of underlay choice? I know you can get some incredibly low tog rating underlays but is a 0.3/0.5 underlay so thin combined with a 2.0 tog carpet so better to go with say a 1.5 carpet with 1.0 underlay? Like I say, whilst my wife and I loved the idea of a thick pile carpet that feels fantastic underfoot, the main preference is to have a more easy going carpet that will keep its appearance for years with hoovering once per week (if this is even possible). Thankyou
Quick update, only looking at the Brintons Bell twist so far as you listed that one specifically and said how good it is so I imagine you love that one and sounds good from what I have seen so far. Clearly would need to have a local come and bring over some samples so need to find out who stocks it first. It looks like the bell twist has a 1.23 Tog rating so a decent underlay shouldn’t be a problem, any guidance on which one to go for for my underfloor heating downstairs? thanks again, it’s really appreciated.
The good thing about brintons bell twist is that it’s a woven carpet. These carpets tend to last 30 years instead of 5-10 like some of the cheap 80/20s that don’t have a good backing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sorry, follow up question on the Brintons Bell twist... In the pictures of the colour swatches (which admittedly are always all but impossible to help) it looks like the colours are a tad mottled not a 100% single colour. Is this just the images or is this correct? if anyone has some pictures of their own brintons bell twist plain carpet or one they have fitted and could post that would be much appreciated. I plan to get a home visit ASAP but I don’t want to waste the persons time if they are as mottled as the pictures imply as my wife will not want that so would want to look at other options. Thanks
Thanks so much for your help merit. By the way is tredaire king the same as duralay king? They look like the same company but different ranges, however when typing both in they seem like an identical product?
My mate's a retired fitter, he's had bell twist down throughout his house for over 18years and it looks like it would last another 18years
Wow that’s really impressive that it still like that good after 18 years!! I actually had a visit a few hours ago for a measure up (should confirm my measurements but as I’m certainly not an expert will be good to see) and show me samples of the Bell twist. They were certainly positive about the product aswell and it looked good. I can not believe how many shades of beige they do but was also very suprised they do so many greens! They must be popular enough to do so many slight variances. They brought their underlay of choice for underfloor heating installs and that was Serenity thermal. Has anyone any experience with that product. It’s clearly not one that sounds like a favourite on here from what I have read, so depending on the quote we receive and any views you have on here around Serenity thermal underlay, I may have to have a discussion around do they use others, will they etc. Thanks a lot for your help. It’s really appreciated and helping me to make what will likely be an expensive but long term good purchase. Thankyou
I’ve got a few rolls of serenity ufh underlay to try out as we use the serenity wood underlay and it’s very good. I’m not completely sold on the serenity carpet underlay at first glance but haven’t fitted it yet so can’t really comment Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
