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Posted by Colbyt on December 23, 2006, 9:19 am
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>>> We have a small bedroom in a 1936 terraced house in north London. we
>>> have
>>> decided to go for a new fitted carpet with a natural material underlay.
>>> (not
>>> rubber underlay, which we suspect might deteriorate after ten or fifteen
>>> years or so).
>>>
>>> The wooden flooring has gaps pretty much all over up to roughly 5 cm
>>> where
>>> the boards have shrunk over the years. with a few places with some
>>> shortish strips up
>>> to 1 cm wide, where the wood has been damaged at some point, probably we
>>> guess before
>>> laying them down.
>>>
>>> We thought we would go for the most basic carpet from john Lewis with a
>>> Hessian backing. It's about £20 sq metre. (we know the rubber back
>>> underlay deteriorate because the carpet we pulled up and threw out was
>>> like a mass of decayed bread crumbs underneath). John Lewis's felt
>>> underlay is £4.45 sq metre, their basic carpet is £20 a square metre and
>>> the fitting charge is £4.65 a square metre, since I don't think I could
>>> fit it myself.
>>>
>>> Does all this sound a reasonable choice? And what please is it best to
>>> do about the gaps between the floor boards especially the larger ones?
>>> Since I would like to sort out the gaps in my own time before the carpet
>>> actually arrives. Thanks for any advice.
>>>
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>> Did you make a typo? CM for MM?
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> Yep sorry. Should read 5 MM. (christmas sherry)
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The best suggestion that I have seen here or that I can think of it to lay
down a very thin layer (6 or 7 MM) of whichever of the following is cheapest
in your area: plywood, amazonite, waferboard, chipboard etc. Placed in the
large 4' x 8' or standard size in your area and nailed into place.
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