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Carpet fitted to stairs and landing in a Wigan home

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Carpets in Wigan

Hard floors downstairs and carpet up is the usual answer — and one firm doing both means the thresholds actually line up.

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Carpets, in plain English

We fit carpet as well as wood, which matters more than it sounds. Most houses want hard flooring downstairs and carpet upstairs, and when two different firms do the two halves you end up with a threshold on every doorway that does not quite meet, and two people each blaming the other. One measure, one fit, one set of thresholds that line up.

The ranges split three ways. Wool blends — usually 80 per cent wool, 20 per cent synthetic — feel the best, wear beautifully and recover from furniture indentations, but they want looking after and they are the dearest. Fibre-loc and stain-resistant polypropylene take considerably more punishment and clean up after almost anything, which is why they suit stairs, landings and family rooms. At the top of the range we can Scotchgard the lot.

Where carpet jobs are won or lost is underlay. A good carpet on thin underlay feels cheap immediately and shows traffic lines within two years, because it is the underlay taking the compression rather than the pile. A mid-range carpet on proper underlay feels expensive and lasts. Every time, we would move budget from the carpet to the underlay rather than the other way round.

Best for: Bedrooms, stairs and landings, and anywhere warmth and quiet matter more than a hard surface.

Also worth a look

Other ranges we supply and fit

Herringbone parquet flooring laid in a Wigan hallway Parquet flooring Wide-plank engineered oak flooring in a bright Wigan living room Engineered wood Solid oak plank flooring finished on site in a Wigan home Solid wood

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Questions

What people ask us

Wool or synthetic?
Wool blend for bedrooms and lounges, where it feels far better and recovers from furniture marks. Stain-resistant synthetic for stairs, landings and anywhere with children or pets, because it will take bleach-based cleaning that would strip a wool carpet. Plenty of houses have both, and that is usually the right answer.
Does the underlay really make that much difference?
It makes more difference than the carpet does. The underlay is what compresses underfoot and what recovers afterwards, so it governs both how the floor feels and how quickly traffic lines appear. Given a fixed budget we would specify a mid-range carpet and a good underlay every time over the reverse.
Can you carpet stairs with a runner?
Yes, and it is one of the jobs that most rewards a proper fitter. A runner has to be centred, the pattern has to run true up the flight, and every riser and nosing has to be gripped correctly or it will creep. We fit both fully fitted stair carpet and runners with rods.
Do you move furniture and take the old carpet away?
Yes, and it is in the price rather than added at the end. We lift and dispose of the old carpet, underlay and gripper, including the nails, and put furniture back once the new carpet is down. The only things we ask you to handle are electronics and anything with sentimental value.

Free measure, written quote, no pressure

Tell us the room and how it gets used, and we will tell you honestly what suits it — including when the answer is something cheaper.

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